Linda Duffy , LCSW, LICSW

Linda Duffy is a licensed clinical social worker with two decades of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, and issues related to intimacy and self-worth. She works with clients who feel stuck by past trauma, addiction, or life transitions and wants to find clearer direction and more ease in day-to-day life.

She keeps sessions straightforward and personal. Conversations focus on what matters most to the client and on small, practical steps that can be tried between meetings. Linda aims to make the space feel welcoming so people can talk honestly about hard feelings without judgment.

Her approach draws from several therapies that emphasize values, present-moment choices, and strengthening attachment. She often uses tools from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful patterns and experiment with different ways of responding.

Over twenty years she has supported people through grief, midlife change, loneliness, and the long work of rebuilding self-esteem. She also helps with family of origin issues, codependency, and concerns that show up around forgiveness, guilt, and shame.

Linda practices in Massachusetts and communicates in English. She offers sessions that fit different lifestyles, including options that work when travel or a busy schedule makes in-person visits difficult. Her style is collaborative, patient, and focused on practical progress.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what truly matters to them and take small committed steps toward those values, even when difficult thoughts or feelings arise. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and replacing them with more effective responses; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress management.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals and try methods that fit your needs, then adjust over time based on what helps. Clients and the therapist decide together which tools to keep and which to change.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let for face-to-face conversation when a longer session is needed, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging allow for shorter check-ins or when writing feels more natural. These options make it easier to fit care into work, family, or travel schedules and to maintain continuity when life gets busy.