Holistic Jungian therapist specializing in trauma and relationships
Linda Young is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who resides in the state of Maryland and has years of experience providing psychosocial assessments and treatments to children, adolescents, and adults within various treatment facilities, and has experience as a mobile crises clinician assessing clients for safety to themselves and others within their homes, schools and residential treatment faculties. She initially began her career in Boston, Massachusetts where she provided mental health services to clients for approximately seventeen years. Shortly after arriving in Maryland in 2013, she continued her work with children, adolescents and adults experiencing a variety of emotional and behavioral difficulties including drug and alcohol addiction. More recently, for the last 5 years, Linda has concentrated her focus on providing therapy to adults within a substance abuse treatment program who were seeking help and support to manage symptoms of depression, anxiety, panic disorder, social phobia, trauma, grief and loss, life’s transitions, adjustments to chronic medical illness, and clients with a combination of mental health and substance abuse issues.
She received her Master of Social Work degree at the Simmons College Graduate School of Social Work located in Boston, Massachusetts and her Bachelor of Arts degree in African American Studies and Graphic Design at the Simmons College undergraduate school. Linda takes a collaborative approach to treatment incorporating psychodynamic psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and inner child work. She also believes in the value of educating clients regarding their specific challenges and concerns. Linda provides a very warm, welcoming, and caring approach to clients. From the moment a client enters treatment, her initial goal is to establish a relationship that fosters the development of therapeutic strategies and treatment plan that builds upon the strengths of her clients.
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Linda Young is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in Maryland who brings 25 years of experience in psychosocial assessment and treatment across a range of settings. She has worked with children, adolescents, and adults in various treatment programs and has served as a mobile crisis clinician, conducting safety assessments in clients’ homes, schools, and residential treatment facilities. Her career began in Boston, Massachusetts, where she provided mental health services for about seventeen years before relocating to Maryland in 2013.
Since arriving in Maryland, Linda has continued treating children, adolescents, and adults facing emotional and behavioral challenges, including drug and alcohol addiction. Over the most recent five-year period she has focused on providing therapy to adults in a substance abuse treatment program, supporting those managing symptoms related to depression, anxiety, panic disorder, social phobia, trauma, grief and loss, life transitions, chronic medical illness adjustment, and co-occurring mental health and substance use concerns.
Linda holds a Master of Social Work from Simmons College Graduate School of Social Work and a Bachelor of Arts in African American Studies and Graphic Design from Simmons College. She is a Maryland-licensed clinical social worker, holding the LCSW-C credential (license number 19584). Her practice is collaborative and integrative, blending psychodynamic psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and inner child work, with an emphasis on educating clients about their specific challenges. Linda offers a warm, welcoming approach and begins treatment by building a therapeutic relationship that supports development of strengths-based treatment strategies and an individualized plan.
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