About Linda
Linda Oberle is a licensed clinical social worker who uses practical, hands-on methods to help people manage stress, addiction, grief, and relationship concerns. She communicates directly and listens closely so parents and adults can feel heard and make clear plans.
Linda holds a Licensed Master Social Worker credential and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential and draws on six years of clinical experience in counseling settings. She focuses on issues that often come with parenting, trauma, and substance use.
Background and approach
Linda works with people facing anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and life transitions. She also addresses workplace stress, isolation, and challenges around adoption and foster care in straightforward, everyday language. Her approach combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with client-centered care and cognitive-behavioral tools.
Sessions emphasize practical steps - identifying goals, trying small changes, and checking what helps. She also uses mindfulness techniques and EMDR when appropriate to process traumatic memories and reduce their hold on daily life. Linda prefers an interactive style.
She will help a person set goals and then adjust the plan as progress is made. Expect a respectful, nonjudgmental space where personal values and cultural background are honored. Her background includes many years in child welfare and work with substance abuse and crisis situations.
That experience informs her focus on safety, practical problem solving, and skills people can use between sessions. Linda aims to support people toward clearer choices and a calmer daily routine.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify their values and take small, meaningful actions even when emotions are difficult. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and life changes where getting unstuck matters. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like low mood or worry. It is practical for depression, anxiety, and workplace stress. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a method used to process traumatic memories so they cause less distress in daily life; it can help those with post-traumatic stress or intense reactions to past events.Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will work together with each person to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. Sessions can start with one approach and shift over time based on what actually helps, keeping the process collaborative and flexible.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week. Video lets you see facial cues and do more interactive exercises. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be a good choice for a focused check-in. Live chat or messaging lets people check in between meetings or use shorter, written updates when that fits better.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- Adoption and foster care
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Michigan, Texas, Florida, Washington
- Languages
- English