Linda Blackburn

Linda Blackburn is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience. She focuses on grief, stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions, including hospice and end-of-life counseling. Her background also includes caregiver stress, aging and geriatric concerns, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, and compassion fatigue.

She began her career as a registered nurse in psychiatric care and moved into social work in the early 1990s. She holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Social Work from East Carolina University. Linda earned her North Carolina LCSW and also holds a Virginia LCSW credential. Over two decades she has worked in outpatient settings and ran her own practice for more than ten years.

Linda has taught social work courses as an adjunct professor and led continuing education seminars on grief, bereavement, and loss therapy across the United States. She brings direct experience helping people cope with loss, complicated grief, and the emotions that come with serious illness and caregiving.

Her counseling style adapts to each person’s needs. She uses approaches drawn from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness, client-centered methods, and solution-focused work. She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and a nonjudgmental attitude while collaborating with people to set goals and try practical steps.

In recent years she has added neuroscience-informed strategies to her work. Linda aims to build a trusting relationship, help people identify what matters to them, and support steady progress toward clearer coping and more meaningful daily routines.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small actions that line up with what matters. It is often used for anxiety, depression, grief, and life transitions to help people move toward meaningful goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches concrete skills to reduce distress and change unhelpful patterns. It is commonly used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and coping with stressful life events.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Linda works collaboratively to see which methods fit a person’s goals and situation. She will talk with each person about preferences and try practical techniques together, adjusting the plan as progress is made.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know which online formats are available. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce commute time, and allow more frequent check-ins when useful. It can also make brief skill practice and weekly progress tracking simpler to arrange. Licensed professionals, including this therapist, can use these methods to support grief, caregiver stress, anxiety, and other common concerns while tailoring the work to each person’s daily routine.