About Linda
Linda Kartell is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Florida with 24 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and LGBTQ-related concerns. Linda aims to make the first step feel manageable and to meet people where they are when they reach out.
Linda believes clients are the experts on their own lives. She looks for each person’s strengths and practical resources to build on.
Background and approach
Sessions are collaborative and paced to fit what the client needs in the moment. Her style is straightforward and supportive. Conversations focus on what is causing distress now and what small, realistic steps can ease it.
She also addresses deeper feelings like guilt, shame, and isolation when those come up. Career questions and life-purpose concerns are part of her work. Linda helps people sort through choices, values, and next steps without pressure.
She also offers space to process forgiveness and repair after painful events. Clients can expect a respectful, down-to-earth approach that emphasizes clarity and usable tools. Linda uses a client-centered frame to guide sessions, adapting to each person’s goals and pace.
How client-centered care works online
Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding each person’s experience without judgment. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and follows the client’s pace to find helpful next steps. This approach suits people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, life-purpose questions, and relationship concerns.Sessions aim to identify personal strengths and practical resources. Work often includes short, achievable actions between sessions and checking which strategies fit daily life. Because the approach is collaborative, the therapist and client decide together which ideas to try and how to adjust them over time.
Linda offers several online formats to fit different needs. Video calls let conversations feel closer to an in-person session and are good when visual cues help the work. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins, brief problem-solving, or when writing feels like the best way to express thoughts.
Online options make it simpler to maintain momentum and fit sessions into a routine. The therapist will discuss which format matches a person’s goals and comfort level, and will adapt as needs change.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Depression
Also works with
- Career difficulties
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English