Linda Simon, LICSW

Linda Simon is a licensed independent clinical social worker (LICSW) based in Massachusetts with 35 years of experience. She focuses on helping people facing anxiety, depression, stress, grief, and major life transitions. Her approach is calm and collaborative so people feel heard and supported from the start.

She aims to create a warm, welcoming space where a person can talk through what matters most. Sessions blend listening and reflection with practical steps. That mix helps people name patterns and try new ways of coping between meetings.

Linda uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and develop clearer, more helpful routines. She also draws on psychodynamic ideas to look at how past relationships shape current feelings. Solution-focused methods are used to set short-term goals and build momentum toward change.

Her practice addresses a broad range of concerns including relationship and parenting stresses, self-esteem and intimacy-related issues, career and workplace strains, mood disorders, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. She also offers focused support around aging and geriatric issues and life-stage adjustments.

People meet with her to sort through practical problems and painful emotions. She balances insight with concrete tools so clients can make steady progress. To start, readers should use the site’s matching process to connect and schedule a first session.

Sessions are conducted in English from her Massachusetts practice. International appointments are not currently supported.

How her approaches guide online therapy

Linda uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. CBT is practical and often focuses on small, testable changes that ease anxiety and low mood.

She also draws on psychodynamic ideas to look at how past relationships and experiences influence current feelings. That perspective can help uncover long-standing patterns that affect intimacy, self-esteem, and major life transitions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to decide which methods to try, adjusting plans based on goals and how a person responds. This is a team effort aimed at fitting therapy to what a person needs now.

Confirm the therapist's available session formats before booking so you know how appointments will be delivered. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example, by removing commute time or allowing shorter check-ins during a lunch break. Different formats also let people choose what feels most practical for their day-to-day routine.