About Linda
Linda Duffy is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Massachusetts. She draws on 20 years of experience to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, trauma and intimacy-related concerns. She aims to make talking about hard things feel straightforward and manageable.
Linda creates a calm space where people can name what feels difficult and decide what to do next. Her approach is practical and person-focused. She uses tools from cognitive behavioral work and acceptance and commitment ideas to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try small changes.
Background and approach
Attachment-based perspectives guide conversations about relationships and long-standing family of origin issues. Dialectical skills and client-centered listening are available when emotions feel intense or confusing. Linda helps people work through common patterns such as codependency, shame, guilt, and communication problems.
She also supports those facing midlife questions, life purpose concerns, isolation, and women's issues. When grief or end-of-life matters come up, she draws on experience in hospice and related counseling. Sessions are offered in English and may use talk, practical exercises, or brief skills practice.
Linda focuses on what matters to each person and adapts strategies to fit real life. She meets people where they are and helps them take steady steps forward. To begin, a short matching process connects people to a schedule and the right session format.
Linda balances professional experience with plain spoken guidance so clients can move toward clearer choices and more ease in daily life.
How Linda’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on noticing thoughts and values so people can take steps toward a meaningful life. It can help when anxiety, stress, or avoidance get in the way of everyday living. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at relationship patterns that began in early life and helps people change how they connect and communicate now. This can be useful for intimacy-related concerns, family of origin issues, and codependency. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and validation while you talk through what matters, and it supports people who need a calmer, steady space to sort feelings and choices.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Linda will talk with you about your goals and preferences and then recommend one or a mix of methods. That decision is collaborative and can be adjusted as you try things and see what helps.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls let you see facial cues and practice skills together. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth or focus on screens is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging offer brief check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options give flexibility for timing, shorter check-ins, or sessions when being on camera is not desired.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Attachment issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Massachusetts, Connecticut
- Languages
- English