About Linda
Linda Platt is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Arizona who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction concerns, and ADHD. She supports individuals dealing with relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, and struggles with self-esteem and intimacy. Her tone is direct and compassionate, aimed at someone who may be nervous about starting therapy.
In sessions she treats each person as the expert on their life. She listens first, then works with clients to build on their existing strengths.
Background and approach
Linda uses clear, practical steps so people can try small changes between sessions and notice what helps. Her approach draws from attachment-focused and emotionally-focused ideas to improve how people relate to others and manage difficult feelings. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that keep problems going.
Mindfulness practices are included to help clients manage anxiety and stay present during stress. Linda has nine years of clinical experience in independent practice in Arizona. She focuses on real-world problems like parenting strain, career stress, caregiving burdens, chronic health challenges, and issues that come up after adoption or loss.
People who work with her can expect a collaborative process. Sessions aim to make day-to-day life easier and give tools for coping with change. She encourages steady progress rather than instant fixes.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Linda often uses Attachment-Based Therapy to help people understand their patterns in close relationships and reduce repeated cycles of hurt. This approach looks at how past connections shape current reactions and helps improve emotional responses in relationships.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. CBT is practical and works well for anxiety, depression, ADHD-related routines, and coping with life changes. Mindfulness techniques are woven into sessions to teach breathing and attention skills that reduce stress and improve focus.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Linda will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and daily life, and together they decide which methods to try. Therapy is collaborative and adjusts as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, jotting down thoughts, or keeping momentum between longer sessions. These options make scheduling and consistent care more flexible for busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Arizona
- Languages
- English
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