- Skills focused
- Strengths based
- Goal oriented
About Linda
Linda Schmidt is a licensed clinical social worker in New Jersey. She brings nine years of clinical experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, sleep problems, and career challenges.
She focuses on practical steps people can use day to day. Sessions emphasize clear goals, skill building, and understanding how thoughts and behaviors affect feelings. Linda respects each person's experience and works from a strengths-based viewpoint, treating the client as the expert on their own life.
Her background includes work with alcohol and substance use concerns alongside broader mental health issues. That experience informs how she helps people build routines, manage cravings and reduce behaviors that get in the way of rest and recovery.
Linda uses several well-known approaches in her work, including cognitive behavioral techniques, acceptance and commitment strategies, attachment-based perspectives, and dialectical behavior skills. She adapts these methods to each person's needs while keeping conversations straightforward and practical.
Sessions are conversational and goal oriented. Linda helps people set small experiments between meetings, track progress, and adjust plans when something is not working. She encourages steady steps toward better sleep, improved mood, and more satisfying daily routines.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then take actions that match their values; it often helps with anxiety, depression, and sleep struggles. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, behaviors, and feelings, then uses targeted exercises to change patterns that interfere with rest and daily functioning. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and can help people improve how they relate to others and manage worry and loneliness.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and try methods that fit those needs. That collaborative process means approaches can be adjusted over time based on what actually helps.
Confirm available session formats before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, for example by avoiding travel time and allowing appointments during work breaks or at home. Some formats also let people choose shorter check-ins when schedules are tight or avoid video when bandwidth is limited. Ask about current session options and scheduling when completing the matching questionnaire.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
9+ years
Credentials
New Jersey
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, self-esteem, depression, relationship strain, sleep issues, career challenges, and ADHD along with related family of origin and attachment concerns.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is straightforward and collaborative, using goal setting, skills practice, and brief experiments between sessions to support change.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has nine years of professional experience working in clinical settings, including work with alcohol and substance use clients.
What are her credentials and location?
She holds an LCSW credential and practices in New Jersey.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to begin working together?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.