Lynne Finger, LCSW

Lynne Finger is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 25 years of experience helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and life changes. She works with adults facing relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, ADHD, and a range of concerns that can make everyday life feel heavy. Lynne writes in a straightforward way and aims to make the first steps feel manageable.

She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside psychodynamic and somatic ideas to match the moment and the need. Sessions can focus on changing unhelpful thoughts and habits, finding meaning in difficult experiences, or noticing how the body holds stress. Lynne keeps the work practical and grounded so people can try new ways of coping between sessions.

Lynne trained at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Master of Social Work degree and holds an LCSW in North Carolina. Her background includes long experience with mood disorders, anxiety, trauma, and the transitions that come with divorce, retirement, and grief.

Her style is direct, down-to-earth, and nonjudgmental. She helps people set clear, achievable goals and uses a mix of structured and insight-oriented methods. Many sessions include problem solving, emotion regulation, and learning skills to reduce distress.

People who work with Lynne describe practical change as the aim: better sleep, fewer panic moments, clearer boundaries, improved self-esteem, and more steady relationships. She supports clients in finding a path forward and building new habits that fit their daily life.

How Lynne’s approaches work online

Lynne uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to notice and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors. CBT helps when anxiety, low mood, or problematic habits get in the way of daily life by giving simple tools to test thoughts and try new actions.

She also brings psychodynamic ideas that look at patterns from past relationships and life history. This approach helps people understand repeated difficulties and makes it easier to choose different responses in current relationships.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. Lynne will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, then combine methods that fit. Sessions might start with practical CBT skills and add insight work over time when that feels useful.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for more in-depth conversation and skill practice, while phone calls can be easier on low bandwidth days. Chat and text can work for quick check-ins, brief coaching, and maintaining momentum between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and try methods that match each person’s routine.