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Linda Culver, LMHC

Stress, Anxiety Addictions Relationships Grief Coping with life changes
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About me

NOTE: I just started working a week day daytime only schedule. In other words, appointments are only available between 9:30 am and 2:30 or 3:30 pm. The most amazing thing about BetterHelp is that you can find a counselor who's work schedule matches your availability. Various counselors work all different hours, some on early mornings, late evenings and/or weekends, so you can choose someone who's schedule works best for you!

My name is Linda Culver and I am nationally certified as a Master Addiction Counselor (through NAADAC), and licensed in the State of Indiana both as a Mental Health Counselor and a Clinical Addiction Counselor. I have experience working in hospitals, residential treatment centers, and outpatient counseling settings with many kinds of individuals ages 12 - 90. Being licensed in both addiction and mental health, my first love is helping people who are in 12 Step recovery with "outside issues" when additional support that does not contradict basic recovery principles is needed/desired. Typically, I am is cognitive-behavioral in orientation, with a focus on thinking/reframing and choices/behavior, and I strongly believe that learning to experience and effectively cope with feelings is key to more effective coping and a better life. I truly believe that "no situation is hopeless," that no problem is so difficult that it cannot be improved, and that no unhappiness is so great that it cannot be lessened (tenets of recovery programs). When adjustment to change is difficult, when grief and loss are overwhelming, or when stress seems overpowering, I believe that it makes a huge difference to "walk though" the adjustment, grief and/or stress with someone else, and talking about it (or sometimes talking about talking about it) is the first step towards learning to manage, feeling better, and resolving issues. Feel free to choose any method of communication that feels most comfortable for you, and to ask any questions you might have. You don't have to know how or that this might work to start the process! Congratulations on getting started!

Professional experience

18yrs in practice
Stress, Anxiety Addictions Relationships Grief Coping with life changes

Additional areas of focus: LGBT, Family conflicts, Trauma and abuse, Intimacy-related issues, Eating disorders, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Depression, Coaching, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Aging and geriatric issues, 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, Divorce and separation, Drug and alcohol addiction, Eating and food-related issues, Emptiness, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Fatherhood issues, Fertility issues, First responder issues, Forgiveness, Gender dysphoria, Guilt and shame, Hospice and end-of-life counseling, Isolation / loneliness, Life purpose, Midlife crisis, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders, Narcissism, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Phobias, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Prejudice and discrimination, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-love, Sex addiction, Sexual assault and abuse, Smoking / vaping cessation, Social anxiety and phobia, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young adult issues

Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy

Services offered

Video
Phone
Live Chat
Messaging

License information

IN LMHC 39001427A

Reviews

These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Linda Culver. 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.

She is great

Written on Oct 28, 2024 after therapy with Linda for 10 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, parenting issues, self esteem, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and adhd

Linda is great! She is thoughtful and responsive!

Written on Oct 27, 2024 after therapy with Linda for 4 years and 4 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting issues, coping with life changes, and adhd

Linda has been so good to me. Patient and really listens. I can’t imagine a better therapist for me.

Written on Oct 13, 2024 after therapy with Linda for 11 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, family conflicts, and sleeping disorders

I have enjoyed having you as my therapist. I don’t think I could have talked to anyone else like this and them fully understanding what I am saying. Thank you for your support and advice.

Written on Apr 29, 2024 after therapy with Linda for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, self esteem, anger management, bipolar disorder, coping with life changes, and coaching

Linda always is ready for anything I need to talk about. She listens and has good suggestions on how to move forward. It is like talking to an old, trusted friend.

Written on Apr 26, 2024 after therapy with Linda for 4 months on issues concerning relationship issues, parenting issues, and compassion fatigue

Linda has been a great support for me. She is easy to talk to and really made me feel like she cares about my concerns and struggles. She doesn't just show empathy and compassion, but also provides feedback on things to try which may help improve my approach to situations. She gives me homework in the form of approaches to situations I struggle with, and we revisit how it went between appointments. I have greatly appreciated my time with Linda and would recommend her to others.

Written on Mar 27, 2024 after therapy with Linda for 2 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, and relationship issues