Linda Dollen, LMHC
Iowa · 20 years in practice
Linda Dollen is a licensed mental health counselor in Iowa with 20 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles.
License and registration
- LMHC, Iowa
- 073540 · expires September 2026
- NPI
- 1295271856 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Linda
Linda Dollen is a licensed mental health counselor in Iowa with 20 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. She listens carefully and helps clients name what feels overwhelming. Sessions aim to make daily life feel more manageable and purposeful.
Linda uses a direct and humane style. She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can speak honestly and figure out what matters to them.
Background and approach
Conversations focus on practical steps and clearer choices rather than jargon. Her work covers a wide range of concerns, including addiction, grief, trauma and abuse, sleep and eating problems, and career stress. She also supports people facing identity questions, parenting strain, and attention-related challenges.
Common issues include intimacy and communication problems, family-of-origin wounds, and coping with big life transitions. Therapeutic tools often draw on existential ideas about meaning, along with evidence-based methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Client-centered skills shape how sessions feel - grounded and respectful of each person’s pace.
Linda tailors plans to each person’s situation. She helps set short-term goals and builds skills for managing emotions and relationships. With an emphasis on clarity and steady progress, she works together with people to move from feeling stuck toward clearer action.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Linda lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Linda names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Existential Therapy helps people face big questions about meaning, choice and responsibility. It often helps when life changes or emptiness feel overwhelming by focusing on what matters and how a person wants to live. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches how to accept unwanted thoughts and feelings while committing to actions that match personal values; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss these methods with each person and together decide which fits best based on goals, preferences, and what shows up in sessions. That collaboration makes it easier to try techniques and adjust if something isn’t helpful.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video lets people see nonverbal cues and do deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging support quick check-ins, homework prompts, or shorter coaching-style exchanges that fit into a busy day.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Linda help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family problems, addictions, trauma and grief, self-esteem, parenting and many other life challenges.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is calm and direct. She focuses on listening and helping people clarify values and practical next steps.
What is her clinical background?
Linda has 20 years of counseling experience working with a broad range of emotional and behavioral concerns.
What credentials and location apply?
She is an IA LMHC, which stands for Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Iowa, and practices in Iowa.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription plan that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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