Linda Gardepe, LCSW, LICSW

Linda Gardepe is a licensed clinical social worker offering approachable, person-focused therapy. She holds LCSW and LICSW credentials and brings 11 years of practice supporting people through anxiety, stress, depression, relationship strain, and issues around identity and career. Her style is straightforward and respectful. She encourages people to take the first step and recognizes that reaching out takes courage.

Linda uses a client-centered stance to build a calm, nonjudgmental space for talking about what feels hard. She combines that with practical tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thinking and try small behavior changes. Mindfulness techniques are woven in to help with moments of overwhelm and to steady attention during stress.

For people coping with trauma and abuse, she incorporates approaches aimed at easing distress and reducing the hold of painful memories. She also works with concerns such as chronic pain, postpartum mood shifts, obsessive thoughts, panic, phobias, and difficulty with communication. She addresses eating and food-related struggles and problems tied to guilt, shame, and forgiveness.

Linda has supported clients dealing with blended family challenges, domestic violence aftermath, and life-purpose questions. She pays attention to both immediate coping needs and longer-term goals like rebuilding confidence or finding clearer direction in work and relationships.

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients. To begin, people are encouraged to use the site's Start Therapy button and complete a brief matching questionnaire to schedule sessions.

Therapeutic approaches for online care

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's priorities. The therapist creates space for people to describe what matters most and shapes sessions around those goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors keep problems going and uses small experiments to try different ways of thinking and acting. This approach often helps with anxiety, panic, phobias, and low mood. Mindfulness therapy brings attention practices into the work to reduce rushing and reactivity, which can be useful for stress, chronic pain, and emotional overwhelm.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that match the concern, and adjust plans based on what helps. Clients are invited to share preferences and to review progress so the path forward fits their needs and values.

The therapist's profile does not list specific session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Some approaches, like CBT and mindfulness practice, translate well to remote sessions and can be combined with between-session exercises to support steady progress.