About Lindsay
Lindsay Van Gorder is a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Arizona. She brings 11 years of counseling experience to sessions and focuses on practical support for everyday struggles. Lindsay writes and listens in a straightforward, respectful way that helps people move forward.
She works with many concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, and relationship or intimacy-related issues. Lindsay also addresses parenting strain, anger, self-esteem, and life transitions. Her background includes work with people living with HIV/AIDS and members of the LGBTQ community.
Background and approach
Lindsay uses approaches rooted in attachment-based and client-centered work. She also uses EMDR for trauma-focused care, motivational interviewing to support change, and solution-focused strategies for short-term goals. Sessions are shaped around each person's needs rather than a fixed program.
Her style is warm and interactive. Conversations aim to be direct and nonjudgmental, and she avoids stigmatizing labels. Lindsay and a client build practical steps together, whether that means coping skills, relapse prevention, or planning for changes in daily life.
She describes therapy as a collaborative process. The focus is on clear goals and small, achievable steps. Lindsay helps people understand patterns, process past harms, and practice new ways of reacting and relating.
How her approaches work online
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early connections shape current relationships. Online sessions look at patterns in close relationships and help people practice new ways of relating and feeling safer with others.Client-Centered Therapy centers on the client's perspective and priorities. The therapist listens without judgment, reflects what she hears, and helps people make choices that match their values and goals.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is used for processing traumatic memories. In an online setting EMDR sessions involve guided processing and structured steps to reduce the intensity of troubling memories and reactions.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Lindsay will talk with a client about goals and preferences and suggest methods that fit. She collaborates on a plan that can change over time based on what helps most.
Online formats offer practical benefits. Video calls let people see facial cues while covering more ground. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier when a camera is not wanted. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief check-ins or working through small steps possible between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
Also listed
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Intimacy-related issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Arizona
- Languages
- English