Linda Griffin

Linda Griffin is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a certified LPC supervisor with 39 years of experience offering counseling services. She is licensed to practice as a professional counselor in both Louisiana and Virginia and brings a long history of work in clinical and educational settings.

Her earlier career as a secondary and post-secondary teacher laid the groundwork for a lifelong commitment to education and personal development. She holds a master’s degree in Counseling and an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership, and she has served as director of Counseling Services as well as university Dean of Student Development.

Teaching and administration inform her belief in the value of skill-building and self-efficacy. She applies Baxter Magolda’s theory of self-authorship in her practice, using the tandem bicycle metaphor to describe the therapeutic relationship: the client steers the direction of the work while she acts as the second rider, offering information, energy, encouragement, and guidance.

Her primary therapeutic approaches include cognitive-behavioral techniques, a client-centered stance, reality therapy, and motivational interviewing, and she adapts methods to match each person’s needs. Griffin has worked with individuals facing a wide range of concerns, including stress, anxiety, depression, panic disorder, eating disorders, self-esteem and intimacy-related issues, relationship and family conflicts, career difficulties and academic skill building, grief and loss, trauma and abuse, anger management, and questions related to sexual orientation and gender identity. She practices in Louisiana and offers a supportive, goal-focused approach to help clients define objectives and identify interventions that foster personal growth and self-authorship.