About Linda
Linda Austin is a counsellor with five years' experience supporting people through relationship stress, anxiety, depression and life changes. She uses a direct, straightforward style and aims for practical conversations that focus on what matters to each person. Linda works in the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English.
Her background includes work in the criminal justice system, domestic abuse services and drug and alcohol support. That experience informs how she talks about safety, boundaries and behaviour change in ordinary life.
Background and approach
She also brings experience helping people cope with grief, trauma, addiction and compassion fatigue. In sessions she balances honest feedback with listening. She describes counselling as a joint effort and treats the person in front of her as the expert on their own life.
She will offer guidance when requested and can draw on her own lived experience when it seems helpful. Linda uses practical approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, client-centred listening and mindfulness techniques to help people notice thoughts, make values-based choices and build small habits. She also uses motivational interviewing and solution-focused work for goal setting and change.
People often come with issues around parenting, family problems, intimacy, self-esteem or managing anger. Linda also lists LGBT concerns among her focus areas and can support people exploring identity and relationships alongside other life challenges. If someone wants to begin, they are asked to complete the Start Therapy questionnaire and schedule according to availability.
Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time and may vary in cost by location and therapist availability.
What Linda works with
Everything Linda lists, in their own terms. LGBT is the reason Linda is listed here; the rest shows what else Linda works with.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Linda lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches shape online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is often used for anxiety, low mood and big life changes. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening without judgement and following the client's lead to help them feel understood and understood decisions to emerge. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing exercises to reduce rumination and increase calm in daily life.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will talk with the client about goals, preferences and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they decide whether ACT, client-centred listening, mindfulness techniques or a mix of approaches is the best fit for the issue at hand.
The practical benefits of online therapy can include fitting sessions around work or family commitments and reducing travel time. The biography does not list specific session formats, so prospective clients should confirm current options before booking. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists often find online sessions useful for check-ins, emotion-focused conversations and step-by-step behaviour change work because they can be scheduled more flexibly to suit everyday life.
Questions people ask about Linda
What kind of problems does she help with?
She works with relationship issues, anxiety, depression, stress and coping with life changes, among other concerns such as addiction, grief and trauma.
What is her counselling style like?
Her approach is straightforward and collaborative; she listens closely, gives honest feedback and offers guidance when it is wanted.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has five years' experience and has worked in criminal justice, domestic abuse services and drug and alcohol support, which informs practical conversations about behaviour change.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She works in the United Kingdom and holds BACP, as stated in her profile.
Can sessions be run in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she does accept international clients.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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