Linda Langsam, LPC, ACS
Linda Langsam has 30+ years of experience assisting adults, teens, parents and children with social-emotional and/or behavioral concerns. She is also a board an Approved Clinical Supervisor, certified under the the Center of Credentialing and Education (CCE) for NBCC. She has a Master's degree from Albany University with advanced post graduate work in Counseling Psychology , earning her Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study, with over 90 post graduate hours of study. She is a Nationally Board Certified Counselor (NBCC).
Her specialty areas include Individual therapy for adults, parent coaching, couples therapy, assessing and supporting neurodivergence, including ADHD and adult autism. She has completed all coursework as a Clinical Autism Specialist. Her approach can vary from instructional and informative, to allowing her clients the time they need to self observe and discover their inner world. She is fully competent in varying therapeutic approaches, from traditional Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, to DBT, Imago and Gottman Relationship Strategies, Inner Child work, Internal Family systems personality, insight work, hypnotherapy, among others.
She has met all NJ and PA state requirements as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and an Approved Clinical Supervisor, with a strong community reputation. Linda worked as a School Counselor in Morris County for 20 years, and had taught as an adjunct faculty member at the College of Saint Elizabeth in the Graduate Psychology Department. Currently, her private practice is her full time passion.
Linda Langsam is a Clinical Hypnotherapist with 13 years of experience, certified by both International Association of Counselors and Therapists (IACT) and National Board of Certified Clinical Hypnotherapy (NBCCH). She attended professional training at the Center for Integrative Hypnosis in NYC, under the direction of internationally recognized hypnotherapy instructor and author, Melissa Tiers, DCH, DAH. She is professionally insured for all services. She utilizes this skill set only upon request, for specific treatment management.
Linda currently works out of her professional home-office in Long Valley/Hackettstown, NJ. Linda is married to her best friend and husband, Eliot. Together, they have raised four (adult now) children.
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