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Linda O'Malley

Compassionate skills-focused mental health care

LCMHC, LMHC New Hampshire

Experience
15 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Grief
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages
English
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About Linda

Linda O'Malley is a licensed mental health counselor practicing in New Hampshire who helps people facing a wide range of emotional and life challenges.

Background and approach

With 15 years of clinical experience, she works with concerns such as anxiety, depression, grief, relationship difficulties, self-esteem struggles, addictions, and stress, and also addresses issues like parenting, career transitions, ADHD, and intimacy-related problems. Her background includes training as an LCMHC and an LMHC, and she draws on that experience to tailor care to each person’s situation.

Her approach emphasizes building self-compassion and practical skills that clients can apply day to day. Linda helps clients assemble an individualized toolbox of strategies, using cognitive behavioral techniques alongside client-centered and mindfulness-informed work to shift unhelpful perspectives and open new possibilities.

She integrates existential questions about meaning and purpose when clients are exploring deeper life directions. Clients can expect a collaborative, nonjudgmental atmosphere where resilience and personal growth are central goals.

Linda describes therapy as a process of rediscovery and practical problem solving, helping people manage life changes, resolve communication barriers, and cultivate more satisfying relationships and emotional balance.

Working with evidence-based approaches in online sessions

Linda often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify unhelpful thinking patterns and develop concrete coping skills for issues like anxiety, depression, stress, and behaviors related to addiction or sleep difficulties. She also integrates Client-Centered Therapy, offering an empathic, non-judgmental stance that prioritizes the client's own goals and pace of change and supports exploration of self-worth and relational concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and the therapist collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit best. Together they review needs, strengths, and preferences and adjust the focus over time so interventions remain relevant and useful for daily life.

Online formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, making it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules or to continue work during life transitions. These options provide flexibility in frequency and style of contact, allowing the therapist and client to maintain momentum between sessions and to choose the medium that feels most comfortable for ongoing progress.

Frequently asked questions

What issues does Linda commonly address?
She works with a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy-related issues, addictions, self-esteem, parenting, career questions, and ADHD among others.
What is Linda's therapeutic style like?
The style is collaborative and client-centered, emphasizing self-compassion, practical skill building, and perspective shifts through approaches such as CBT and mindfulness-informed work.
How much experience does she have?
Linda brings 15 years of clinical experience to her practice, applying that background to individualized treatment plans and skills training.
What credentials and location should I know about?
She holds the credentials LCMHC and LMHC with license details NH LCMHC 2097 and RI LMHC MHC00363, and she practices in New Hampshire.
Can people who speak other languages work with her?
Sessions are offered in English; she is not currently accepting international clients.
In what formats are sessions available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.
How are costs and scheduling handled?
Fees vary with location and therapist availability; sessions operate through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesGriefSelf esteemDepression

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Divorce and separationFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisMood disordersObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Existential TherapyHypnotherapyMindfulness TherapyNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic Therapy

Experience

15+ years

Licensed

New Hampshire, Rhode Island

Languages

English