Linda Guidry , LPC

Linda Guidry is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 16 years of experience helping adults manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship concerns. She focuses on practical steps people can take to feel steadier, regain energy, and move forward after life changes. Her style is warm and goal-focused, aimed at helping each person find what works for them.

Linda uses straightforward, talk-and-skill sessions to tackle everyday problems. She listens first, then helps set clear goals and small steps to meet them. Sessions often include tools for managing strong emotions, improving communication, and building self-esteem.

Her background includes work in private practice, the foster care system, a day program for chronically ill adults, and nonprofit settings. She earned a master’s degree in Educational Leadership, Guidance, and Counseling from the University of New Orleans and holds LPC licenses in Louisiana and Alaska.

Linda draws on Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), hypnotherapy, and mindfulness techniques. These approaches are used to reduce symptoms, develop coping skills, and support clearer decision making. She adapts methods to each person’s goals and life context.

People often reach out during big life transitions, loss, or when stress becomes hard to manage. Linda provides practical coaching and therapy to help people regain balance, improve relationships, and increase daily functioning. She aims to partner with clients so they can make meaningful change at their own pace.

Approaches to Try Online and How They Help

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person’s experience. The therapist follows the client’s lead, creating space to talk through feelings and decide what matters most. This approach helps when someone needs support making sense of a problem and finding their own path forward.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. Sessions include practical exercises to change unhelpful thinking and build new behavior patterns. CBT can be useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and many day-to-day challenges.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches skills for managing strong emotions and improving relationships. It offers techniques for distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and clearer communication which can help during crises or ongoing mood difficulties.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to match methods to a person’s goals and preferences. Together they try out strategies, adjust what isn’t working, and keep what helps.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and body language. Phone calls work when internet quality is low or screen time is limited. Live chat and messaging suit quick check-ins, short coaching, or when writing helps organize thoughts. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and keep momentum between sessions.