Hello! My name is Linda Bell, lindagbell.com. I am a family psychologist. For 30 years I trained students in individual, couple, and family therapy. I am a licensed psychologist in Ohio. I have researched families and have worked with clients around a wide range of concerns -- including anxiety, relationship issues, parenting problems, mid-life challenges, and adult child-elder parent relationships. I have also been able to help people who have experienced physical trauma or emotional abuse. I've written two books based on my research: "Love and Respect in Families: from Generation to Generation" and "Lifelong Marriage in the Greatest Generation."
I received my undergraduate degree from Oberlin College in Psychology and my Masters in Psychology from the University of Texas in Austin. With my husband I served in the Peace Corps in Africa and then completed my Ph.D. at Duke University. After completing an internship in clinical psychology, I completed an additional two years of training in couple and family therapy at the Family Institute at Northwestern University in Chicago. I’ve also taught and practiced family therapy in Japan.
My counseling style is warm and interactive. I treat people with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. My therapy is solution focused. My work encompasses cognitive-behavioral, humanistic, psychodynamic, and family systems therapies. I will tailor our work together to meet your specific needs and goals.
It can be difficult to reach out and seek help. I applaud the courage it took for you to do so! I am here to help and support you.
I look forward to getting to know you and helping you reach your goals.
SPECIALTIES
Midlife challenges
Couple concerns
Family issues
Anxiety
Grief
I also have experience in parenting issues, histories of physical and/or emotional abuse, elder parent concerns.
Stress and anxiety Relationship issues Family conflicts Coping with grief and loss Parenting issues
Additional areas of focus:Trauma and abuse, Intimacy related issues, Anger management, Motivation, self esteem, and confidence, Career difficulties, Depression, Coping with life changes, Compassion fatigue, Abandonment, Aging and geriatric issues, Attachment issues, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Blended family issues, Caregiver issues and stress, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Dependent personality, Dissociation, Divorce and separation, Domestic violence, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Forgiveness, Hospice and end-of-life counseling, Immigration issues, Infidelity, Isolation / loneliness, Life purpose, Midlife crisis, Mood disorders, Multicultural concerns, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Personality disorders, Self-harm, Self-love, Social anxiety and phobia, Women's issues, Young adult issues
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Dr. Linda Bell. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.
Very helpful
Written on Jun 11, 2026 after therapy with Linda for 3 weeks on issues concerning relationship issues, and family conflicts
Great listener and god loving woman
Written on Jan 14, 2026 after therapy with Linda for 1 month on issues concerning addictions, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, and anger management
DR BELL IS A VERY KIND AND UNDERSTANDING THERAPIST. SHE GREATLY HELPED IN MY TIME OF NEED TO BRING BALANCE BACK IN MY LUFE.
Written on Jun 15, 2025 after therapy with Linda for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, self esteem, and coping with life changes
Challenges your thinking, understand your emotions, helps you see both sides of your situation, allows clients to lead session, provides helpful interventions
Written on Apr 03, 2024 after therapy with Linda for 3 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, and coping with life changes
Dr. Bell is so wonderfully responsive to my journal posts and messages. I'm really appreciative of my sessions with her.
Written on Jun 03, 2023 after therapy with Linda for 9 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, self esteem, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue
Experienced and helpful!
Written on Feb 22, 2023 after therapy with Linda for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting issues, and coping with life changes
She's done the best out of every other therapist, and believe me, there have been many mental hearth workers in my life since I was forcibly removed from my first parents and placed in foster care at 8 years old.
I especially like that she doesn't make excuses for abusers. She's the only therapist who's done that.
Written on Oct 13, 2022 after therapy with Linda for 1 year on issues concerning depression, trauma and abuse, and grief
Dr. Bell has been extremely helpful to me while I have dealt with the passing of my sister. She is a wonderful listener, has compassion, and is very easy to talk to.
Written on Jun 23, 2022 after therapy with Linda for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, grief, and self esteem
such amazing advice and she is caring
Written on May 13, 2022 after therapy with Linda for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, bipolar disorder, coping with life changes, and adhd
Great therapist, very supportive and gives great advice.
Written on Apr 12, 2022 after therapy with Linda for 1 year and 4 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, addictions, self esteem, coping with life changes, and adhd
Dr Bell is thoughtful and understanding. She really listens to your needs and wants to help. Very appreciative of her caring nature.
Written on Dec 17, 2021 after therapy with Linda for 2 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, and family conflicts
Dr. Bell provides attentive listening , professional insight, and situation specific feedback and suggestions, which all serve as road signs as I navigate my journey toward mental, emotional , relational , and spiritual well-being. She is wise, kind, and brings a high degree of expertise to her role as a counselor.
Written on Sep 07, 2021 after therapy with Linda for 1 year and 10 months on issues concerning depression, and stress, anxiety
Dr. Bell has been very professional and kind throughout our sessions. I've really enjoyed talking with her, and she's a great listener. She's provided actionable, tangible guidance that I've been able to incorporate immediately into my life to improve my well-being. Would strongly recommend for anyone seeking a kind and caring counselor.
Written on Jul 05, 2021 after therapy with Linda for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, and relationship issues
Dr. Bell is kind, wonderful and amazing at not only giving advice, but listening and understanding. Her help has been invaluable to me.
Written on May 28, 2021 after therapy with Linda for 6 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, grief, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, coaching, and adhd
Dr. Bell is very professional and involved. I can tell she is there to help. She has helped me find a little more peace within just 3 sessions. This is my first therapist ever, and I am glad it is her. She is wonderful at what she does! Would highly recommend her
Written on Mar 15, 2021 after therapy with Linda for 3 weeks
She’s a very kind and warm individual, who has not only helped guide me in a better direction mentally/emotionally, she’s also been very patient with listening to what has troubled my mind as well as helped me understand why I feel the way I do. It’s been a life changing experience and I’m grateful for her help.
Written on Jan 10, 2021 after therapy with Linda for 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, and self esteem
Linda is so very very knowledgeable, attentive , compassionate and gives great feedback.
Written on Nov 25, 2020 after therapy with Linda for 2 months on issues concerning family conflicts
Linda is thoughtful and easy to talk to. I was very nervous because I had never been to a therapist before, but my fears quickly dissolved after talking with Linda. She has made my experience one I look forward to.
Written on Sep 08, 2020 after therapy with Linda for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, parenting issues, and coping with life changes
She’s amazing!
Written on Jul 20, 2020 after therapy with Linda for 3 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, and coping with life changes
Dr. Bell has been incredibly helpful to me. She understands my concerns and has developed a clear path for me to make small, manageable adjustments to facilitate long term solutions to improve my mental health. I love the convenience of working through the betterhelp platform.
Written on Apr 02, 2020 after therapy with Linda for 2 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety
Dr. Bell is the best therapist I have seen in my adult life. I felt immediately that she genuinely cares for me as a client. I have been able to really open up to her about past trauma, how to make positive changes for myself, and to then apply those changes into transforming my life. Dr. Bell is warm and welcoming and I really cannot recommend her enough. I'm glad to have been matched with her and plan to work with her regularly until I no longer am in need of therapy.
Written on Sep 30, 2019 after therapy with Linda for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, lgbt, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, coaching, and compass
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