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Linda Benvenuti, LMHC

  • Experience20 years
  • LocationRhode Island
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Self esteem
  • LanguagesEnglish
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About Linda

Linda Benvenuti is an LMHC who emphasizes practical, evidence-based strategies to help people navigate stress, anxiety, ADHD, and life transitions.

Background and approach

With 20 years of clinical experience in Rhode Island, she brings a strengths-oriented, solution-focused outlook that highlights clients' existing resources while teaching tools for managing motivation, self-esteem, sleep, and eating concerns. Her work also addresses career and education goals, parenting challenges, and the emotional impacts of divorce, grief, and midlife change.

Her background includes extensive counseling and coaching practice across college and therapeutic settings, and she values a positive psychology perspective combined with cognitive and alternative approaches. Linda attends to issues such as attachment and abandonment, impulsivity, chronic illness and pain, caregiver stress, and financial worries, tailoring support to each person's situation.

She accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English from her Rhode Island practice, offering flexible formats to fit varied schedules and needs.

Evidence-based approaches for online growth and coping

Linda often uses cognitive-based techniques that focus on identifying and changing unhelpful thought patterns to reduce anxiety, improve mood, and support behavior change. These methods help people build practical skills for stress management, sleep, and impulsivity challenges.

She also incorporates positive psychology principles that emphasize strengths, resilience, and motivation. This orientation can be useful for enhancing self-esteem, clarifying life purpose, and supporting career or education goals. Together these approaches aim to offer concrete tools and a hopeful framework for progress.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each client to explore needs, goals, and preferences and adapt techniques over time so the plan fits the person rather than forcing a single method.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which provide flexible ways to access care without travel. These formats make it easier to schedule regular sessions around work, school, or caregiving responsibilities and to continue treatment through life changes or relocation.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does this therapist commonly address?
She works with a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, self-esteem, career and education challenges, parenting, and coping with life changes.
What is the therapist's general approach or style?
The approach is solution focused and strengths oriented, drawing on positive psychology and cognitive techniques along with alternative methods to help clients build practical skills.
How much clinical experience does she bring?
Linda has 20 years of counseling and coaching experience working in colleges and other therapeutic settings, supporting people through diverse life transitions.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LMHC with the credential listed as RI LMHC MHC00157 and practices in Rhode Island.
Which languages are available for sessions and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered for online therapy?
Clients can meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on preference and availability.
How are costs and subscriptions handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietySelf esteemCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCoaching

Also works with

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesDepressionADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCommunication problemsControl issuesDivorce and separationForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersNarcissismPanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSelf-loveSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Experience

20+ years

Licensed

Rhode Island

Languages

English