Linda Young, MD, LCSW-C

Linda Young is a licensed clinician with 25 years of experience providing assessments and therapeutic care across a range of settings. She holds an MD (medical doctor) and an LCSW-C, which indicates a licensed clinical social work credential, and she earned a Master of Social Work and a Bachelor of Arts at Simmons College in Boston. Her career began in Boston, where she delivered mental health services for approximately seventeen years before relocating to Maryland in 2013.

Throughout her work, Linda has supported children, adolescents, and adults facing emotional and behavioral challenges, including substance use disorders. She has experience as a mobile crisis clinician conducting safety assessments in homes, schools, and residential treatment facilities, and for the past five years she has focused on adults in substance abuse treatment programs, helping people manage symptoms of depression, anxiety, panic, social phobia, trauma, grief and loss, chronic medical illness adjustments, and co-occurring mental health and substance use concerns.

Linda uses a collaborative, strength-based approach to treatment, combining psychodynamic psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, trauma-informed methods, and inner child work. She emphasizes client education about specific challenges and works to build a warm, welcoming therapeutic relationship that supports individualized treatment planning and practical strategies for coping and recovery.