Linda Thomas , LISW-CP

Linda Thomas is a licensed clinical social worker based in Charleston, South Carolina who brings more than three decades of experience to her practice. She holds an MSW from Florida State University and the LISW-CP credential, indicating she is a licensed clinical social worker qualified to provide independent clinical services. Her clinical background began with internships at a Public Defender's Office, where she represented homeless individuals living with schizophrenia, and at an addictions and detoxification facility, experiences that shaped a long-term commitment to working with complex mental health and substance use concerns.

Over a career spanning more than 30 years, she has supported people facing a wide range of life challenges and psychiatric conditions, including stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship difficulties, trauma, grief, and mood disorders. In the early 1990s she helped establish one of the first HIV support groups in Atlanta, and she later completed contracting work for the Department of Defense providing services to active duty military on bases in Germany, Norway, and Greenland. In Charleston she has also worked with the university emergency department conducting psychiatric assessments.

Her training encompasses evidence-informed approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mindfulness-based techniques, Motivational Interviewing, psychodynamic therapy, and solution-focused work. Throughout her career she has worked across settings and populations, including families, caregivers, people facing end-of-life concerns, and those managing co-occurring conditions, bringing wide-ranging experience to complex clinical presentations. She has described this long professional path as both demanding and deeply rewarding.

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