Linda Richardson is a licensed clinical social worker in private practice with over 18 years experience working with
individuals, couples, and families to resolve challenges and difficulties in their lives. She enjoys working with a diverse population utilizing brief solution-focused, systemic, and cognitive behavioral therapy. Linda has extensive training in marriage and family therapy, grief/bereavement, sexual abuse, anxiety, depression and substance abuse.

Linda specializes many different presenting issues such as:

Substance Abuse
Mandatory and supervisory referrals, fit for duty evaluations, alcohol/drug evaluations, follow-up treatment for alcohol and drug abuse.

Depression/Anxiety
Treatment of depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, OCD, panic disorder.

Stress and Anger Management
Job stress, relationship, divorce, life transitioning, parenting, step-parenting, career change.

She also is experienced working with:

Older adults
Linda has worked with many older adults, helping them in transitions with life and aging, finding new sources of meaning and contentment, and grief.  She also counsels individuals moving into retirement. Linda is an approved Medicare provider.

Couples Therapy
15 years experience working with couples, including pre-marital counseling, marriage, gay-lesbian couples, and couples in crisis, including step-parenting, blended families, and post-divorce.

Child/Adolescents
Experience counseling children in adoption/foster care, juveniles involved in legal or court system, developmental disorders, ADHD, Autism/Aspergers, sexual abuse, behavioral and conduct issues.

Group Therapy
Experience facilitating groups for stress, substance abuse, dual diagnosis, sexual abuse survivors, aggression and anger management for juveniles, art therapy for juveniles, in various settings.

• Individual Counseling

• Couples Counseling

• Group Counseling

• Children/Adolescents