Linda Austin
Direct, practical counselling with a person-centred focus
About Linda
Linda Austin uses a practical, person-centred style to help people facing difficult life problems. She works in a direct but respectful way and aims to give clear feedback when it will help. Linda holds a BACP accreditation and has five years of counselling experience in varied settings.
She has worked in the criminal justice system and with domestic abuse services. Her background also includes drug and alcohol support and behaviour change work.
Background and approach
Linda brings that frontline experience into sessions to help people handle problems now. Sessions focus on what matters most to the client. Linda listens without judgement and treats each person as the expert on their own life.
She can offer guidance and practical suggestions when asked, and will be straightforward about next steps. Her approach draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, client-centred work and mindfulness, along with motivational interviewing and solution-focused ideas. These approaches are used to address relationship strains, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction and stress, among other concerns.
Linda also supports people dealing with parenting and family issues, abandonment and attachment concerns, chronic illness or caregiver strain, body image and eating worries, and career-related stress. She accepts clients in the United Kingdom and internationally and works with people in English.
To begin a working relationship she encourages clients to pick a first appointment, complete a short matching questionnaire, and agree a schedule that fits their needs.
What Linda works with
How Linda works
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Sessions & fees
Approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting overwhelmed by them, then focus on actions that reflect personal values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression and coping with life changes. Client-Centred Therapy places the person at the centre of the work and relies on listening, empathy and support to help people find their own solutions. It is helpful for building self-esteem and processing emotional concerns.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences and what has helped or not helped before. Together they will try methods that fit the person and adjust the plan as progress is reviewed.
Online formats offer flexibility and different ways to connect. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions suit people who need lower bandwidth or prefer not to be on camera. Live chat or text-based messaging can be used for shorter check-ins, to reflect in writing, or to fit therapy into a busy day. Registered or accredited professionals provide these options to help therapy fit around work, travel and family commitments.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
