Linda Goldsmith, LMHC, LCPC

Linda Goldsmith is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, and addiction. She has 25 years of clinical experience and brings a calm, steady presence to each session. Linda writes plainly and listens closely to what matters most to the person in front of her.

Her work focuses on practical steps that make daily life easier. She combines client-centered conversation with cognitive behavioral strategies to shift unhelpful thinking and build new habits. She also uses elements of dialectical behavior therapy to teach emotion regulation skills and relationship approaches like the Gottman Method and Imago Relationship Therapy for couple communication and repair.

Clients often come with grief, chronic health or caregiver stress, sleep difficulties, or struggles with mood and attention. Linda helps people sort priorities, practice coping skills, and plan small changes that add up. She frames progress in concrete terms rather than abstract labels.

Linda’s background includes decades of direct practice across varied clinical settings. She draws on that experience to tailor sessions to each person’s goals and pace. Her license credentials include LMHC and LCPC, and she practices in Florida.

People describe sessions as collaborative and straightforward. Linda supports work on self-esteem, boundaries, parenting strains, and end-of-life caregiving challenges while helping clients manage symptoms of bipolar disorder, PTSD, and postpartum depression when present.

How Linda’s approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person’s experience. In sessions the therapist follows the client’s lead, reflects feelings, and helps people clarify what they want to change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at connections between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and offers practical tools to test and shift unhelpful patterns. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches skills for regulating intense emotions, tolerating distress, and improving relationships, which can help with anger, mood instability, and self-management.

Finding the right blend of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose techniques that fit their goals, needs, and everyday life. That process can include trying different tools and adjusting based on what proves most helpful over several sessions.

The biography does not specify which session formats are offered, so confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, or reduce travel time. It also lets people access structured CBT exercises, DBT skills coaching, and relationship-focused conversations from wherever they are, while the therapist and client decide together how to use those tools in daily life.