Linda Gardepe, LCSW, LICSW

Linda Gardepe is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who draws on practical therapies to help people manage anxiety, stress, depression, and relationship concerns. She combines clear techniques with a calm, respectful manner to make early sessions feel manageable. Linda works in English and holds licenses in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. She has 11 years of experience as a social worker and counselor.

In sessions she uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. She also relies on client-centered approaches that let clients set the pace and topics for work together. Dialectical Behavior Therapy tools are offered when people need skills for strong emotions or intense situations.

Linda has supported people coping with trauma and abuse and with symptoms of post-traumatic stress. She also helps with panic attacks, phobias, and obsessive thoughts or compulsive behaviors. Practical, step-by-step strategies are a common focus when those problems show up.

She works with concerns around self-esteem, motivation, and life direction, including career decisions and feelings of emptiness. Relationship and communication problems are addressed with clear, actionable guidance rather than abstract theory. She can also assist with issues tied to blended family dynamics.

Other areas Linda addresses include eating and food-related struggles, chronic pain and illness, postpartum depression, forgiveness, guilt and shame, and domestic violence recovery. Her approach aims to be straightforward, collaborative, and centered on what each person needs to feel more steady.

How Linda’s approaches fit into online therapy

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and test practical behavior changes. It is often used for anxiety, panic, depression, and obsessive thoughts by setting clear goals and homework-style practice. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, acceptance, and letting the client guide what they want to work on, which can help build trust and clarify priorities in early sessions.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will review concerns, goals, and preferences and suggest methods to try. That plan can change as progress is made, with regular check-ins to see what is working and what needs adjustment.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which provide flexibility for different schedules and needs. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for brief check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while using the same therapeutic tools as in person.