- ACT based methods
- Mindfulness practice
- Hypnotherapy offered
About Linn
Linn Aosjia is a LMFT - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in California with 36 years of experience. She works with adults managing stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem struggles, family concerns, and major life changes. Linn also addresses issues such as abandonment, adoption and foster care, attachment problems, caregiver stress, and forgiveness.
She offers straightforward, collaborative sessions where people talk through what matters most right now. Linn uses tools from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, psychodynamic and existential approaches, and hypnotherapy to help individuals identify values and make practical changes. Sessions focus on noticing patterns, learning coping skills, and testing small shifts in everyday life.
Linn often helps people untangle family of origin issues, blended family dynamics, communication problems, and the emotional effects of divorce or separation. She supports those facing first responder stress, aging and geriatric concerns, and the aftermath of natural or human-caused disasters. Adoption, foster care, and attachment-related wounds are other areas she addresses.
Her work blends present-focused strategies with deeper exploration of meaning, responsibility, and choice. Clients can expect direct conversation along with reflective exercises and breathing or mindfulness practices when helpful. Hypnotherapy is used selectively to access deeper imagery or shift habitual responses.
People who come for therapy with Linn are typically looking for clearer thinking and steadier day-to-day coping. She encourages practical steps tied to personal values, and she helps people weigh options and practice new ways of responding to old triggers.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters to a person and taking small committed actions toward those values. In online sessions this can look like setting concrete home practice goals and checking progress together. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing exercises to reduce reactivity and bring steadier awareness to daily moments; these practices can be guided in a live session and then practiced between meetings. Hypnotherapy uses guided imagery and focused attention to shift habitual responses and access deeper images that affect behavior and mood; it is used selectively to support change when it fits the client's goals.Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. The therapist and client will decide together which approaches to try, based on current needs, personal preferences, and what feels most useful. That collaborative testing helps people see what helps them in real life.
Session formats should be confirmed before booking since the biography does not list specific delivery methods. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and remove travel time. Ask about session length and connection options when you complete the matching questionnaire so practical arrangements match daily life.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
36+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem issues, family concerns, and coping with life changes, plus related topics like abandonment and caregiver stress.
How would she approach shame or guilt rooted in family history?
She combines existential reflection and psychodynamic ideas with practical techniques to help people examine family of origin patterns and their current impact.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Her style is direct and collaborative, mixing present-focused skills with deeper meaning-oriented work such as existential therapy and psychodynamic exploration.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is a LMFT - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist licensed in California and practices with clients based in that state.
Does she work in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She accepts international clients; confirm any cross-border details when arranging sessions.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions are billed through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a 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.