Works with
How Lynda works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LICSW
- Licensed in
- Massachusetts
- Years in practice
- 33
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Lynda
Lynda Ketcham is a licensed clinical social worker (LICSW) with more than three decades of experience. She offers a steady presence for people navigating major life shifts, loss, health challenges, and strong emotions such as anger, anxiety, or grief. Lynda writes simple goals with clients and focuses on practical steps that can be used outside sessions.
She draws on approaches like cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try new responses.
Background and approach
Sessions also include client-centered and attachment-based ideas to make space for honest feelings. Dialectical behavior therapy skills are used when clients need tools for managing intense emotions. Lynda has particular experience helping people through aging concerns, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and end-of-life decisions.
She also supports those facing job loss, financial strain, or identity questions that appear in midlife. Anger management is one of the areas she addresses alongside mood and anxiety concerns. Her style is calm and straightforward.
She listens, reflects, and offers exercises or small experiments to practice between meetings. Humor and compassion are used when they fit the moment. Sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
Lynda works in English and practices in Massachusetts as an LICSW.
What Lynda works with
Everything Lynda lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Lynda's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Somatization
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Lynda lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without being driven by them. It focuses on identifying personal values and taking small actions that move someone toward a meaningful life, which can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches practical techniques to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is often useful for mood problems, worry, and sleeping difficulties.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the client to identify goals, try methods that fit the person's needs, and adjust strategies over time. That conversation helps decide whether ACT, CBT, DBT skills, or attachment-focused work will best support progress.
Online therapy via video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging makes it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. Video calls are close to an in-person meeting and allow visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good choice when bandwidth is low or a brief check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick skill reminders, short check-ins, or when writing feels easier than talking. These options offer flexibility for people juggling caregiving, work, or health concerns.
Questions people ask about Lynda
What concerns does Lynda help with?
She helps people managing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, and mood disorders. Additional areas include caregiver stress, chronic illness, career strain, and relationship or family problems.
What is Lynda's therapeutic style?
Her approach is practical and client-centered, focusing on clear goals and small steps. She blends skill-building with reflective conversation to address emotions and behavior.
How much experience does she have?
Lynda brings 33 years of professional experience as a licensed clinical social worker. That background includes work with people facing midlife changes and aging-related concerns.
Where does she practice and what are her credentials?
She practices in Massachusetts and holds an MA and LICSW credential. Those are the professional details supplied for her practice.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What formats are available for sessions?
Therapy can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Lynda?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. Then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.