Linda Friend
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, MFT
Verified by Psychology Today Verified by Psychology Today
P.O. Box 1228, Healdsburg, CA 95448
Let's Connect (707) 879-8959
My joy as a therapist,with 38 years experience, is in facilitating the opening of the heart and the subsequent unfolding into the deeper recesses of one's true inner being, the human soul, with all its loving and creative potential. Childhood neglect and or abuse, adult losses, addictions, grief, and trauma when understood with compassion, begin to open our hearts. Love, joy, creativity, spontaneity, curiosity about life are often compromised when one has not experienced sufficient openhearted acceptance.The defense mechanisms we necesarily develop keep at bay our deepest dreams and longings.
My focus is Individual adults and Couples in an in-depth therapy process that reestablishes a deep sense of trust and belonging. I am excellent at working with people with acute trauma, and those looking for more meaning in life. I use talk therapy,dreams, art therapy and journaling.
I use a new modality that allows deep trauma to be explored by reducing the charged emotions that often make trauma hard to access and process. Clients are having breakthroughs in their healing and stopping self defeating patterns very significantly. It helps restore joy. Also Qigong Meditation on-going group and individual instruction.
Call or Email Linda Friend now for a free 15 minute consultation - (707) 879-8959
Let's Connect (707) 879-8959
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of California / MFC 12267 Linda Friend
- Attended Antioch College, Graduated 1978
Education and Years In Practice
Linda Friend
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, MFT
Feel free to ask about qualifications and training experience. Email or (707) 879-8959
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Depression
- Trauma and PTSD
- Relationship Issues
Expertise
- Addiction
- Anxiety
- Chronic Pain
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Divorce
- Grief
- Spirituality
- Substance Use
Linda Friend
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, MFT
Do these issues align with your needs? Email or (707) 879-8959
Client Focus
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Carl Jung
- Dreams Art Therapy
- Eclectic
- Existential
- Trauma Recovery
Linda Friend
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, MFT
Ask about what different forms of therapy will be like. Email or (707) 879-8959