Linda McNellis, LCSW
Oregon · 26 years in practice
Linda McNellis is a licensed clinical social worker with 26 years of experience helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, depression, or big life changes.
License and registration
- LCSW, Oregon
- L7291 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1366417164 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 26
- 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 McNellis is a licensed clinical social worker with 26 years of experience helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, depression, or big life changes. She focuses on practical, steady support so people can feel clearer about next steps and regain a sense of control. Her practice centers on listening first.
Sessions give space to talk about relationship concerns, intimacy worries, sleep problems, anger, or self-esteem struggles. She also addresses challenges tied to caregiving, chronic illness, cancer, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.
Background and approach
Linda draws on a mix of approaches to match what each person needs in the room. That can mean exploring personal meaning with Jungian therapy, learning skills from cognitive behavioral therapy, or using attachment-based ideas to improve how someone relates to others. She keeps explanations simple and actionable.
Her work is grounded in understanding life stage shifts and complicated emotional patterns like abandonment issues, codependency, and blended family stress. She helps people break those patterns and try new ways of coping that fit their daily lives. Linda aims to help clients build tools they can use between sessions.
Whether someone wants to manage anxiety, process trauma, or navigate career and caregiver demands, she focuses on steady progress and realistic strategies. She provides direct, person-focused support that values each client’s story and goals. Sessions are practical, paced to the individual, and designed to promote sustainable change.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Linda lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Linda names
- Jungian Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
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
Linda uses Jungian therapy to help people explore personal meaning, recurring life patterns, and symbols that show up in dreams or life events; this can be useful for people wanting deeper self-understanding. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - ACT - which teaches practical ways to live with difficult thoughts and feelings while focusing on valued action. Attachment-based ideas guide work on how past relationship experiences affect current connections and help people try new interaction patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, history, and what feels most helpful. Together they decide whether to focus on meaning-making, skill-building, or relationship patterns and can shift approaches as needs change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for face-to-face conversations and exercises that benefit from visual cues. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in fits a break at work. Live chat or text messaging suits people who prefer brief, written exchanges or need flexible ways to stay in touch between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Linda commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, life changes, relationship and intimacy-related issues, sleep and anger problems, self-esteem, career concerns, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is listening-focused and practical. She blends meaning-focused work with skills-based tools to help people manage day-to-day problems.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 26 years of clinical experience supporting people through complex emotional and life-stage challenges.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker based in Oregon.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
Which session formats are available?
Sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How does cost work for therapy with her?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
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