Professional Training and Credentialing
Linda holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Counseling from William Tyndale College and a Master of Arts degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School. She practiced at the Moody Theological Seminary Counseling Center (MTSCC) in Chicago, Illinois, prior to her work at Oakland Hills Counseling LLC. Her experience at MTSCC provided Linda with an opportunity to work with a wide variety of age groups, from college students to octogenarians. Linda is currently licensed by the State of Michigan as Limited Licensed Counselor and being supervised by a Fully Licensed Counselor. She is also a member of the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC), National Certified Counselors (NCC), Michigan Emotionally Focused Therapy, and the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT). Additionally, Linda’s life experience as a wife for over 39 years, a mother of three adult children and grandmother has equipped her with a unique understanding of marriage, women, and life transitions. Lastly, she has decades of experience in lay-counseling, in particular mentoring women and couples, as well as trauma-related grief counseling.
Professional Experience
Linda specializes in relationship issues with couples, individuals, and families. She is passionate about empowering clients to help create stronger and more secure relationships by exploring emotional needs and communicating feelings to others. Likewise, Linda emphasizes the importance of helping individuals recognize how early life experiences, along with thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, shape their relationships today. She employs the counseling approach of “Attachment/Emotionally Focused Therapy” as well as “Cognitive Behavior Therapy” from a wellness model. She focuses on journeying alongside clients through issues such as communication, conflict resolution, life transitions, anxiety, depression, empathy enhancement, self-esteem, intimacy, and the grieving process. By utilizing the strengths of the client, Linda seeks to equip them through the provision of information, strategies, and techniques, enabling clients to move toward achieving personal goals, change and healing. Linda practices an integrative counseling approach that incorporates a faith-based foundation to psychotherapy, including an understanding of grace, empathy, trust, and forgiveness. She also seeks to provide the therapeutic tools that will assist clients in gaining confidence through learning how to access and identify emotion, as well as how to assertively communicate to others. Her goal is for her clients to feel equipped and empowered to manage life and relationships once again.
Personal Information
Linda and her husband have been married for over 39 years and have three adult children and three wonderful grandchildren. She enjoys singing in the church choir, sewing, gardening, reading, and antiquing. Spending time with her family, extended family and friends is a source of great joy.