Linda Goldsmith, LMHC, LCPC
Therapist in Florida
Linda Goldsmith is a Florida-based licensed mental health counselor with 25 years of clinical experience.
- License MH19009, 180004968, 011694 · Florida, Illinois, New York Expires March 2027, March 2027, August 2026
- NPI 1639155781 · national registry
- Experience and languages 25+ years in practice English
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About Linda
Linda Goldsmith is a Florida-based licensed mental health counselor with 25 years of clinical experience. She helps people who are stressed, anxious, grieving, or facing big life changes. Linda focuses on practical steps to ease symptoms and improve daily functioning.
She blends straightforward conversation with goal-focused tools. Sessions often look at patterns that keep problems going and then test simple changes. Linda uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered methods to help people notice thoughts, try new behaviors, and build coping skills.
Background and approach
Relationship issues and intimacy concerns are part of her work. She draws on the Gottman Method and Imago Relationship Therapy ideas to help clients understand communication and emotional needs. These approaches are used in clear, hands-on ways rather than abstract theory.
Linda also supports people dealing with addiction, trauma, bipolar mood symptoms, caregiving stress, chronic illness, and sleep troubles. She pays attention to how family history, attachment wounds, and abandonment fears affect current choices and feelings. Her style is warm and direct.
Linda focuses on what a person can try between sessions and how to measure small improvements. Many clients appreciate having concrete tools they can use when anxiety spikes or grief feels overwhelming. She offers counseling by video, phone, live chat, and text messaging.
Those formats are used to fit sessions into busy days and to maintain steady contact while people work toward their goals.
Credentials
- LMHC (Florida)
- License MH19009 · expires March 2027
- LCPC (Illinois)
- License 180004968 · expires March 2027
- LMHC (New York)
- License 011694 · expires August 2026
- NPI
- 1639155781 · national provider identifier
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Linda lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Linda names
- Gottman Method
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
These are the approaches Linda names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
Online support
How Linda Uses Relationship and Skill-Based Approaches Online
Linda often uses the Gottman Method ideas to help people notice patterns in communication and strengthen emotional connection. Gottman-informed work focuses on improving how people listen, respond, and repair during conflicts, which can reduce repeated arguments and increase understanding. She also relies on Client-Centered Therapy to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space where a person’s own goals guide the work. That approach emphasizes empathy and reflection to help clients explore feelings and values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is used to spot unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. CBT gives step-by-step strategies for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and mood swings so people can measure small changes over time. Linda approaches choice of method as a conversation. She will work with each person to decide which combination of Gottman-informed, client-centered, or CBT techniques fits their goals and life situation. The plan can shift as progress and preferences become clearer. Offering video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging makes it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule. Video is useful for in-depth work and reading nonverbal cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be scheduled during a break. Live chat and text messaging support brief check-ins, skill practice, and reminders between longer sessions.We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you. It does not change what you pay or the order of the listings.
Frequently asked
What concerns does Linda address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, trauma, relationship and intimacy issues, sleeping problems, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem, bipolar symptoms, ADHD, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Sessions are warm and practical. Linda combines client-centered listening with goal-focused techniques such as CBT and DBT skills to produce concrete changes.
How much experience does she have?
Linda has 25 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of emotional and behavioral concerns.
Where is she licensed and located?
She is licensed as an LMHC and an LCPC and practices from Florida.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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