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Linda McNellis, LCSW

  • Experience26 years
  • LocationOregon
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, and Grief
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
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About Linda

Linda McNellis is a licensed clinical social worker in Oregon with 26 years of experience helping people navigate anxiety, grief, trauma, depression, and major life changes.

Background and approach

She frames therapy around each person’s lived experience, offering a steady, empathic presence while helping clients uncover patterns that contribute to distress and identify practical steps toward relief. Her work attends to relationship and intimacy challenges, sleep and anger difficulties, self-esteem and career concerns, and the particular strains of compassion fatigue and ADHD.

Her practice integrates reflective, strengths-based listening with evidence-informed techniques drawn from approaches such as Internal Family Systems, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and attachment-based perspectives. Sessions emphasize collaborative exploration and developing skills that fit day-to-day life, whether addressing chronic pain, caregiving stress, body image, or attachment and abandonment issues.

Linda brings a thoughtful, individualized stance to each case, combining clinical knowledge with a focus on humane, respectful care. Clients can expect guidance aimed at increasing self-understanding, bolstering coping capacity, and supporting sustainable change.

With a long clinical background that includes supporting people through illness, blended-family dynamics, and stress related to major transitions, she offers practical tools alongside deeper relational work.

How these approaches translate to online therapy

Linda McNellis draws on Internal Family Systems to help clients identify and relate to different inner parts, fostering compassion and clearer internal communication; this approach can be useful for people coping with anxiety, trauma responses, or conflicting emotions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is used to clarify personal values and build flexible coping skills, offering practical ways to live more consistently with what matters even when strong emotions arise. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on understanding relational patterns and repair, which supports work around intimacy, abandonment concerns, and communication challenges.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work together with each client to match methods to the client’s needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting techniques over time as insight and circumstances evolve. This collaborative stance helps ensure therapy feels relevant and manageable for daily life.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexible access regardless of location within Oregon. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, maintain continuity during life transitions, and use approaches like IFS and ACT in ways that suit each person’s comfort and practical needs.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Linda commonly address in therapy?
She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and coping with life changes, plus relationship and intimacy-related concerns.
What therapeutic style can I expect in sessions?
Her style blends empathic, client-centered listening with practical, evidence-informed methods such as Internal Family Systems and ACT to help clients explore inner parts and develop values-based coping strategies.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 26 years of clinical experience working with diverse emotional and life challenges, bringing long-term practical knowledge to therapeutic work.
What are her credentials and where is she licensed?
She is an LCSW licensed in Oregon with the designation OR LCSW L7291 and practices from that state.
Does she provide services in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English only and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What formats are available for therapy sessions?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different communication preferences.
How is pricing and payment handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyTrauma and abuseGriefDepressionCoping with life changes

Also works with

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationTraumatic brain injuryWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Jungian TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

26+ years

Licensed

Oregon

Languages

English