About Linda
Linda Orlando is a licensed clinician who focuses on practical, straightforward therapy. She works with people facing stress and anxiety, relationship challenges, career shifts, and major life changes. Linda uses clear, collaborative methods so clients can take steps that fit their life.
She brings nine years of experience to sessions and holds a ME LCPC credential, which she uses to guide thoughtful care. Her work often addresses grief, sleep problems, parenting concerns, and low self-esteem.
Background and approach
She also supports people managing ADHD, mood struggles, and body-image issues. Linda draws on several approaches to tailor sessions. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice what matters and take action.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to identify unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. Client-Centered Therapy sets a respectful tone where the client's perspective leads the work. Sessions tend to be down-to-earth and goal-focused.
Linda helps clients form small, doable plans and checks progress together. She also brings narrative and hypnotherapy tools when those fit a person's goals. People who reach out can expect a calm, respectful conversation aimed at practical change.
Linda aims to listen first, then recommend approaches that match the situation. She encourages steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take concrete steps toward those values, even when difficult thoughts or feelings are present. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on noticing unhelpful thoughts and trying out different behaviors to see what changes. Client-Centered Therapy prioritizes the client's perspective, offering empathy and respect so the person feels heard and can lead the direction of work.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. Together they evaluate what works and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for deeper conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit shorter check-ins or times with lower bandwidth. Live chat and messaging are flexible for brief updates, coaching-style exchanges, or people who prefer typed communication. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to try different formats to see what helps most.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Somatization
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Maine
- Languages
- English