- Years in practice
- 30
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Linda
Linda Baxter is a Licensed Professional Counselor with three decades of experience helping people navigate hard moments. She focuses on practical support for stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, parenting concerns, and relationship problems. Her tone is direct and compassionate, aimed at people who want honest, steady help.
Linda starts by listening closely to understand what matters most to each person. She uses a client-centered stance that puts the person's goals at the center of the work.
Background and approach
From there she blends mindfulness, cognitive strategies, and other methods to build awareness and change unhelpful patterns. Her background includes long-term work supporting people in recovery from substance use and people facing major life changes. That experience shapes a straightforward communication style and a focus on concrete steps toward stability.
She encourages questions about addiction and recovery and treats that process as a series of manageable goals. Sessions often include skill practice, thought work, and grounding exercises to help reduce reactivity and increase choice in daily life. Linda also addresses attachment and self-esteem issues that show up in relationships and parenting.
She aims to help each person find clearer thinking and more effective behaviors. People who prefer direct feedback and clear tools tend to do well with her approach. Linda combines practical techniques with compassion so clients can make steady progress on the problems that brought them in.
What Linda works with
Everything Linda lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Linda helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Linda lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches that translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's goals and experience and creates a space where the therapist follows the person's lead. It helps people clarify what they want to change and build motivation for that change.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thinking that fuel distress and teaches practical exercises to shift those thoughts and related behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and many stress-related problems.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, emphasizes skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better communication. These tools can help when emotions feel overwhelming or when relationships and parenting strain a person’s coping.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Linda will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that fit their needs, goals, and day-to-day life, and she adjusts the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions can make therapy easier to fit into a busy schedule. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skill practice, phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging are useful for brief check-ins or working through daily challenges. These options aim to increase flexibility and access while keeping the focus on practical progress.
Questions people ask about Linda
What kinds of concerns does Linda address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, addiction, parenting issues, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and related problems.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is client-centered and straightforward. She blends mindfulness, practical skill building, and cognitive approaches to help people change thinking and behavior.
How long has she practiced?
She has 30 years of experience in counseling, including long-term work with people pursuing recovery from substance use.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only.
What session formats are available?
Linda offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different preferences and schedules.
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?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session based on the therapist's availability.
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