ABOUT ME
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.
SERVICES OFFERED
VIDEO PHONE MESSAGING
LICENSING
OHIO Psychology License: P.07616 (Expires: 2022-09-30)
Additional areas of focus: Trauma and abuse, Intimacy-related issues, Anger management, Self esteem, 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
Clinical approaches: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Existential Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems
OH Psychologist P.07616
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.
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