Linda Duffy, LCSW, LICSW
Licensed in Massachusetts · 20 years in practice
Linda Duffy offers straightforward support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, or low self-worth.
License and registration
- LICSW, Massachusetts
- 115647 · expires March 2027
- LCSW, Connecticut
- 014060 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1013053909 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
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About Linda
Linda Duffy offers straightforward support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, or low self-worth. She meets each person where they are and helps them take clear steps toward feeling more capable and connected. Linda is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW in Connecticut and LICSW in Massachusetts - with 20 years in practice.
She focuses on practical ways to manage difficult emotions and improve daily functioning. Sessions are driven by what matters most to the client, whether that is easing panic, coping with loss, or rebuilding a sense of purpose.
Background and approach
In sessions she creates a calm, nonjudgmental space to talk about thoughts and feelings. Conversations often include learning small, manageable skills to handle stress and improved ways of communicating needs. She uses strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy to notice unhelpful thinking and from dialectical behavior therapy to build emotion regulation and distress tolerance.
Attachment-based ideas guide work on relationship patterns and intimacy-related struggles. Acceptance and commitment therapy helps people clarify values and take committed steps toward a meaningful life. Linda adapts these approaches to each person's situation rather than applying a fixed formula.
Her experience includes working with addiction, trauma and abuse, social anxiety, and issues that come up in midlife and end-of-life situations. She also supports people dealing with family of origin concerns, codependency, guilt and shame, and recovery after traumatic brain injury. Conversations are practical, steady, and focused on useful change.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Linda lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
- Grief
- Depression
- Attachment issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
Approaches Linda names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How Linda Uses Evidence-Based Approaches Online
Acceptance and commitment therapy helps people name what matters to them and take small steps toward those values. It focuses on accepting hard feelings while committing to actions that match personal priorities. Attachment-based therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and intimacy concerns, helping people identify and change repeating dynamics.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Linda collaborates with each person to decide which methods feel most useful for their goals. She mixes techniques from different approaches and adjusts them as progress and needs become clearer.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences. Video lets people use visual cues for emotional work, phone calls are a good choice when bandwidth is limited, and messaging formats can be used for brief check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and maintain steady progress.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Linda help with?
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, trauma and intimacy-related issues. Additional focus areas include self-esteem, social anxiety, and women's issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Therapy is practical and client-centered, with an emphasis on listening and clear skills. Sessions combine talk with tools to manage emotions and improve communication.
How much experience does she have?
Linda has 20 years of professional experience working with a range of emotional and life challenges.
Where is she licensed and located?
She holds an LCSW in Connecticut and an LICSW in Massachusetts and practices from Massachusetts.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
Work can take place through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what fits the person best.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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