Linda Lufkin

Anxiety gets in the way of so much of life. The stress of life, compounded by things learned and passed down through families and generations, challenging life experiences, toxic jobs, failed relationships can all take an extreme toll. I help people understand how anxiety functions as a fear response in the body and how it can be managed with practical strategies that are both physical and cognitive. Additional, I help people uncover the roots of their beliefs that hold them back.

Depression is crippling, and it's not all about being stuck in bed sleeping. The irritability, the brain fog and the numbness of feeling leave people feeling lost and stuck. When working with people suffering with depression, I gently help them find their way through, one step at a time.

PTSD effects more than just soldiers, effects anyone who has lived through tough times who has had to adapted to survive. Over time, the body, and most importantly the brain, changes in response to this need to adapt to survive, causing bodily responses to the world that are out of one's control and never stop. Learning to manage these responses is the key to living as a survivor and that is what I help people to do. I help PTSD survivors turn their symptoms into strengths.

I was trained in Expressive Therapies, with a specialization in Visual Arts at Lesley University. When appropriate for the client, I use interventions in the visual arts, music, movement and writing/literature to help clients meet their goals.

I am a nationally certified TF-CBT trained therapist. I have many years experience in providing trauma treatment to children, teens and adults, including 7 years as Director of a Department of Mental Health funded program for children. I am trained in multiple therapeutic modalities that are used in treating trauma including EMDR, DBT, CBT, ARC and others to help clients improve their life functioning as survivors.