About Linda
Linda Dollen is a licensed mental health counselor in Iowa with 20 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. She focuses on practical steps people can use right away to feel steadier and more able to handle day-to-day demands. She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk through painful events and confusing feelings.
Sessions emphasize clear goals and simple strategies that fit into busy lives.
Background and approach
Linda listens closely and helps people find what actually works for them. Her work covers a wide range of issues, including addictions, grief, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related concerns, and self-esteem struggles. She also supports people coping with career stress, parenting strain, sleep and eating problems, and major life transitions.
The aim is to reduce overwhelm and build routines that make life more manageable. Clinically she draws on methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior skills, and a client-centered stance. Those tools are used in straightforward ways - for example practicing new coping skills, shifting unhelpful thoughts, and clarifying values to guide choices.
Linda works with people who want a collaborative, down-to-earth approach. She offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences. Her practice uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How Linda’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then take small actions that match their values. It can help with anxiety, depression, and major life changes by focusing attention on what matters rather than what’s avoided. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is often used for anxiety, mood struggles, sleep and eating concerns, and stress management. Client-Centered Therapy places the person’s experience at the center, with the therapist offering empathy and support while the client finds their own solutions.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. The therapist and client will discuss goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps. That collaborative process makes it easier to pick tools that fit a person’s life and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging let people check in between sessions or use shorter, focused exchanges. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around family, work, and other commitments.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Iowa
- Languages
- English