Linda Orlando, LCPC

Linda Orlando is a licensed clinical professional counselor with nine years of experience working with adults in Maine. She uses practical, evidence-based approaches to help people handle stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Her style is warm and straightforward and she focuses on clear steps people can try between sessions.

Linda aims to help people sort through relationship and career concerns. She also supports those managing grief, sleep problems, low self-esteem, ADHD, and challenges that come with parenting. Her work includes attention to long-term health issues, body image, and questions about life purpose.

Her approach draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and client-centered methods. That means sessions often include identifying unhelpful thinking patterns, practicing small behavior changes, and clarifying values to guide action. Narrative and hypnotherapy tools are sometimes used to help people reframe hard experiences and strengthen coping skills.

Clients can expect a collaborative process where the therapist listens first and then offers practical strategies. Sessions are paced to fit each person’s needs, with an emphasis on realistic goals and techniques that can be tried between meetings. Linda encourages people to build on their existing strengths while addressing what feels overwhelming.

She works with adults across a wide range of concerns and brings nine years of clinical experience to her practice in Maine. Sessions are offered in English and can be arranged in multiple online formats to fit different schedules.

How Linda’s Approaches Work Online

Linda commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in online sessions. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce distress and improve daily routines. ACT helps people clarify what matters to them and take committed actions that match their values, even when difficult feelings show up.

She also draws on client-centered methods, which center the conversation on the person’s own perspective and pace. Together the therapist and client decide which tools to try, adapting exercises and goals to match the person's situation and preferences in a collaborative way.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video works well for longer therapy sessions that benefit from visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good alternative when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging can be useful for shorter check-ins, skill practice, or quick support between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep continuity of care when in-person meetings are not possible.