About Lynn
Dr. Lynn Duffy uses clear, focused conversations to help people move through difficult moments. She holds an MD and is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, LCPC, with 23 years of experience in Maryland.
She speaks English and aims to meet people where they are when they begin therapy. Her work centers on relationship concerns and trauma and abuse, with additional attention to grief, career changes, intimacy-related issues, and sleep problems.
Background and approach
She also helps with anger, self-esteem, parenting stress, and transitions such as divorce and separation. Brief, goal-directed work is part of her offering when appropriate. Dr.
Duffy combines attachment-based ideas with cognitive behavioral techniques. That combination helps people look at how they relate to others while also changing unhelpful thinking and behavior. Sessions typically include practical steps, communication skills, and homework to try between meetings.
She has experience addressing first responder and veteran issues, workplace problems, money stress, multicultural concerns, and seasonal mood shifts. Topics such as forgiveness, infidelity, hospice and end-of-life concerns, and life purpose are also within her focus areas. Her approach is respectful and direct.
She tailors sessions to each person and sets clear guidelines for online meetings. If an issue is outside the scope of brief online work, she will refer to a different level of care or another provider.
Attachment and CBT approaches for online care
Dr. Duffy often uses attachment-based ideas to look at how relationships shape thoughts and behavior. That approach helps people understand patterns in closeness, trust, and emotional responses so they can try different ways of relating.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. CBT is useful for sleep problems, anxiety, low mood, and practical life challenges like workplace stress or money worries.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then adapt the mix of attachment work and CBT techniques to fit those goals. This helps keep sessions relevant and focused on concrete change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for full sessions that involve skill practice and back-and-forth conversation. Phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter setting is needed. Live chat and texting can be helpful for brief check-ins, coaching-style guidance, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options offer flexibility to fit therapy into busy schedules and different lifestyles.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
Also listed
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English