About Linda
Linda Baxter is a Licensed Professional Counselor with three decades of experience helping people who are overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and addiction. She offers straightforward care and practical steps for people who want real change. Many clients come to her when life shifts feel too big to handle alone.
Her work begins with a client-centered focus. That means she listens closely and shapes sessions around what matters to each person.
Background and approach
She uses cognitive behavioral tools to spot unhelpful thinking, and mindfulness to build calm and focus. EMDR is part of her approach for people coping with trauma and abuse. She has long experience supporting people working toward sobriety.
Her style is direct and honest, with an emphasis on clear communication and steady accountability. She helps people confront addiction and build routines that support recovery. Linda also addresses relationship and intimacy challenges, parenting strain, career stress, and issues like body image and attachment.
She helps people notice patterns that get in the way and practice different ways of responding. For complex conditions such as bipolar or co-morbid concerns, she balances symptom-focused strategies with attention to life context. Sessions are offered in English from Texas and use a mix of short-term skills work and longer-term exploration when needed.
Her aim is to help people develop tools they can use outside of sessions and to support steady progress toward clearer goals.
Approaches for online work and practical coping
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and collaboration. It helps people set goals and shape sessions around what matters most to them, which can be useful for stress, relationship concerns, and life changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches concrete skills to reduce anxiety, depression, and unhelpful patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) adds emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills for people who need clearer tools for strong emotions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about symptoms, goals, and personal preferences and then try strategies that fit. That process is collaborative and can change as progress is made.
Online sessions can be held by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and guided exercises. Phone sessions work well when video is not needed or bandwidth is low. Live chat and text messaging let people check in between sessions, share brief concerns, or have a shorter follow-up without scheduling a full call. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, and other commitments, while still using evidence-based approaches like CBT and mindfulness.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English