- DBT skills
- Trauma-informed psychodynamic
- Mindfulness and attachment
About Linda
Linda Spielman is an LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) with 23 years of clinical experience based in North Carolina. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, depression, and major life changes. She also works with concerns such as attachment issues, family of origin problems, guilt and shame, isolation, and obsessive or mood-related difficulties.
Her approach blends practical, evidence-based techniques with attention to underlying relationship patterns. In sessions she uses elements from Dialectical Behavior Therapy and trauma-informed psychodynamic work to help people notice patterns, manage intense feelings, and make different choices in relationships. She offers clear skills practice alongside conversations about how early relationships shape current struggles.
Linda draws on long experience training school and community professionals about self-harm and related risks. That background informs how she talks about safety, coping, and preventing crises in day-to-day life. She has also spent postgraduate time studying family systems, mindfulness, and attachment ideas that often come up in her work.
Her style is direct and practical. Sessions include skills teaching, real-time problem solving, and space to name painful feelings like guilt and shame. People leave sessions with concrete steps they can try between meetings.
People interested in working together are invited to follow the site’s booking steps. The therapist works in English and is based in North Carolina. Confirm current session options before scheduling.
How evidence-based approaches guide online sessions
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) focuses on practical skills. It teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. These skills help with intense mood swings, panic, and compulsive behaviors.Trauma-informed psychodynamic work looks at how early relationships and repeated experiences shape current reactions. It helps people name and make sense of feelings like shame and guilt that come from family history or past hurts.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and decide together which techniques fit a person's goals and day-to-day needs. That collaborative choice is revisited as progress or challenges arise.
Confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats are available. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, shorten check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It can also allow use of digital worksheets, screen-shared skills practice, and flexible scheduling that fits work or caregiving demands.
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Experience
23+ years
Listed in
Texas, North Carolina
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of guilt or shame does she address?
She works with guilt and shame tied to family history, relationships, faith, decisions made or not made, and actions people regret.
How does she approach guilt in therapy?
She combines skills-based work with conversations about how past relationships shape present feelings, helping clients notice patterns and practice different responses.
What is her clinical background?
She has 23 years of experience and postgraduate study in family systems, mindfulness, and attachment-related approaches.
What credentials and location apply to her practice?
She is an LCSW licensed in Texas and North Carolina and currently practices from North Carolina.
Does she work with clients in other languages or countries?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What formats are used for sessions?
Confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats are offered for scheduling.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.