Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
How Linda works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Wisconsin
- Years in practice
- 21
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Linda
Linda Richards is a licensed professional counselor with 21 years in mental health care. She focuses on helping people move past the stuck patterns that keep them repeating the same behaviors. Her work often begins with simple, direct conversations about what is happening now and what people want to change.
Richards draws on long experience treating trauma and its common effects like anxiety, depression, chronic pain, and difficulties with concentration or mood.
Background and approach
She uses approaches that attend to both feelings and body sensations. Sessions typically look at how past experiences shape current reactions and build new ways to respond. She often uses attachment-based ideas to understand relationships and patterns people carry from childhood.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is part of her toolkit for working through distress linked to past events. Mindfulness techniques are woven in to help people notice their thoughts and bodily reactions without getting swept away. Linda works with a wide range of concerns, including stress, anger, addictions, grief, parenting struggles, ADHD, and career questions.
She also addresses more focused issues like abandonment, dissociation, hoarding, and first responder strain. Her goal is to help each person find clearer choices in daily life. Clients can expect a practical, down-to-earth style.
Richards helps people name what is stuck, try manageable steps, and build new patterns that fit their goals and values.
What Linda works with
Everything Linda lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Linda's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Co-morbidity
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
Approaches Linda lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Linda often uses attachment-based ideas to map how early relationships shape present behavior and emotions; this helps clarify patterns in current relationships and reactions. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, known as EMDR, is used to process distressing memories and reduce their intensity by pairing focused attention with bilateral stimulation. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve emotional regulation.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort level. Sessions can begin with an assessment of what feels most urgent and then try techniques in small steps to see what helps.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which can make fitting therapy into a busy life easier. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and guided exercises, phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in, and messaging or live chat offer brief, on-the-go support between sessions. These options provide flexibility so people can access care in the way that fits them best.
Questions people ask about Linda
What kinds of concerns does Linda address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, addictions, parenting challenges, ADHD, relationship and intimacy-related issues, and trauma-related presentations.
How would you describe her therapy style?
The approach is down-to-earth and practical, combining talk work with body-focused techniques and mindfulness to change unhelpful patterns.
What is her background and experience?
Linda has 21 years of experience in the mental health field, with extensive work in trauma and related conditions.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds an LPC credential and practices from Wisconsin, listed as WI LPC.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats does she use?
Therapy can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to the therapist's availability.