Linda Giles, LPC, LCMHC

Linda Giles is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) with 28 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting challenges, addiction concerns, grief, and intimacy issues. Her approach is warm and down-to-earth, and she aims to make the first steps toward help feel easier.

She adapts her work to each person. Linda draws on several approaches so sessions match what a person needs in the moment. Conversations focus on practical techniques for coping, calming strong emotions, and improving communication in close relationships.

Her background includes long experience with trauma-related concerns, mood disorders, attention difficulties, and the special stresses caregivers and veterans sometimes face. Linda says many people come for help with emotional ups and downs that interfere with day-to-day life, and she teaches simple strategies to manage those symptoms.

Linda has worked with people across a wide age range, from school-age children to older adults. She uses ideas from cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic, and client-centered work to help people understand patterns and build better habits. Sessions are intended to be practical and relatable rather than full of jargon.

She understands how hard it can be to reach out for help and aims to make appointments welcoming. Prospective clients in Virginia can start by using the site's Start Therapy flow to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to the therapist's availability.

Approach-focused online therapy and what to expect

Client-centered work emphasizes the person and their experience. Sessions prioritize listening, understanding what matters to the client, and building from their strengths to address relationship and life concerns.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It often includes specific exercises and coping skills to reduce anxiety, improve mood, and change unhelpful patterns in relationships or daily routines.

Psychodynamic ideas look at patterns that repeat across relationships and over time. This approach can help people understand why they react a certain way and give language to feelings that show up again and again.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Linda will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels helpful, and then choose strategies in collaboration with the client. That collaborative process helps shape sessions and the plan moving forward.

The original biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current online options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and make continuing care possible across different schedules. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and homework to work well in remote sessions.