Linda Hazel , LMFT

Linda Hazel is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 35 years of experience in Tennessee. She focuses on addictions, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, and intimacy-related issues. Linda centers her work on each person's strengths and life story. She aims to make the first steps toward change feel manageable and supported.

She listens without hurry and helps people name what matters to them. Sessions tend to be practical and conversational. Linda uses approaches that help people notice patterns, shift unhelpful habits, and build clearer communication with others.

Clients often bring concerns like attachment wounds, codependency, commitment doubts, or difficulties after separation. She also addresses caregiver stress, aging and geriatric issues, chronic illness or pain, and body image worries. Linda works with trauma, domestic violence aftermath, and recovery from drug or alcohol addiction.

Her methods draw on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, and client-centered principles. That mix lets her adapt to the problem at hand and the person in front of her. She frames goals in everyday terms and checks in about what is and isn’t working.

Linda encourages people to bring questions and to move at a pace that feels right. She helps clients set concrete next steps and practice them between sessions. The overall aim is better coping, clearer relationships, and a greater sense of agency.

Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It teaches simple skills to live by chosen values even when emotions are intense. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, behaviors, and feelings and offers practical techniques to change unhelpful patterns. It is useful for addiction, anxiety, and everyday coping. Emotionally-Focused Therapy focuses on how emotions shape relationships and helps people express needs and respond to others in clearer ways.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. That conversation guides which methods to emphasize and how sessions will be structured in an ongoing, collaborative way.

Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy schedules or mobility limits. Video calls let you work face-to-face from another location. Phone sessions can fit during a lunch break or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, homework exchanges, or step-by-step coaching between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care and practice new skills in the context of everyday life.