LinTiya McCleary, LPC, LCMHC

LinTiya McCleary is a licensed professional counselor and a licensed clinical mental health counselor with five years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, low mood, and self-esteem. Her approach is warm and respectful, and she aims to make the first step toward change feel manageable.

LinTiya tailors conversations and plans to each person she meets. She listens for what matters most and suggests practical steps people can try between sessions. She uses techniques drawn from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness, and acceptance-based methods to address unhelpful thoughts and patterns.

Her work often centers on relationship and family concerns, communication struggles, and issues around control and boundaries. She also supports people working through grief, separation, and problems tied to money or life purpose. When shame, guilt, or social anxiety get in the way, she helps people name the feeling and find small ways forward.

Sessions combine empathy with straightforward skills practice. Clients can expect clear explanations, simple exercises, and a focus on realistic goals. LinTiya encourages curiosity about patterns rather than self-blame, and she helps people test small changes to see what works.

She provides counseling from North Carolina and conducts sessions in English. Her style is collaborative and encouraging, aimed at building confidence and clearer decision making over time.

How LinTiya Uses Practical Approaches Online

LinTiya draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. CBT offers concrete tools for anxiety, mood concerns, and patterns that get in the way of daily life.

She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people accept difficult feelings while moving toward meaningful values. ACT is useful when avoidance or worry keeps someone from living the life they want.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will discuss goals and preferences and adapt methods so they fit the person's needs. Clients and therapist decide collaboratively which strategies to try and when to adjust them.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different routines. Video is helpful for richer conversation and skill coaching, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat or messaging lets people check in between appointments, and text-based sessions can fit short on-the-go check-ins. These options make scheduling more flexible and help therapy fit into a busy life.