Business Details
48 Years
experience
Trusted Psychotherapy and Counseling in Healdsburg, CA
Linda Friend MA, MFT, a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over 40 years of experience, specializes in facilitating emotional and spiritual healing through a collaborative therapeutic process. Her practice focuses on addressing childhood trauma, adult losses, addictions, grief, and PTSD by integrating heart-based therapy, art therapy, and mindfulness practices. With advanced training in Jungian therapy, Frequency Specific Microcurrent for PTSD, and Qigong meditation, she empowers clients to dismantle self-limiting defenses and cultivate self-acceptance.Her approach merges psychological insights with spiritual exploration, emphasizing the connection between emotional well-being and creative potential. Clients benefit from her dedication to holistic healing, which includes mediating between human suffering and spiritual growth, and her experience spans clinical roles, teaching, and founding therapeutic communities. She prioritizes creating safe spaces for clients to explore their inner landscapes through tools like active imagination, journaling, and dream analysis.
Services
Psychotherapy
Couples Counseling
Women's Group
Qigong Meditation
PTSD Treatment
Details
- Year established: 1978
Highlights and features
- 40+ years of trauma-informed therapy expertise
- Integrates advanced PTSD treatment modalities
- Offers holistic mind-body-spirit healing approaches
- Provides both virtual and in-person sessions
- Combines Jungian analysis with meditation practices
Associations and certifications
- California License #M12267
Services
Psychotherapy
Individual psychotherapy sessions address trauma, anxiety, and emotional blocks through a collaborative process. Combining traditional therapy with mindfulness practices, clients develop self-awareness and emotional resilience. Specializing in childhood trauma and adult loss recovery.
Couples Counseling
Couples counseling focuses on improving communication and emotional connection. Using heart-centered approaches, couples learn to navigate conflicts and rebuild trust. Sessions emphasize understanding relationship patterns and developing healthier interaction styles.
Women's Group
The Wise Women group combines meditation, Qigong, and seasonal rituals for collective healing. Designed for women with prior personal growth experience, it explores collective transformation through creative expression, literature sharing, and spiritual practices.
Qigong Meditation
Wisdom Healing Qigong instruction restores energy balance through movement and breathwork. This ancient practice alleviates anxiety and depression while connecting physical health with emotional well-being, taught through both individual and group sessions.
PTSD Treatment
Specialized PTSD care integrates Frequency Specific Microcurrent with traditional therapy for trauma processing. This approach reduces emotional charge from traumatic memories, facilitating deeper healing and improved sleep patterns for clients experiencing trauma symptoms.
People
Linda Friend MA, MFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
MFT with 40+ years experience specializing in trauma recovery and spiritual integration. Trained in Jungian analysis and Frequency Specific Microcurrent for PTSD treatment. Founder of Healdsburg spiritual center and medieval vocal ensemble member.
Questions
What types of therapy services do you offer?
I offer individual psychotherapy, couples counseling, PTSD treatment, Qigong meditation instruction, and the Wise Women spiritual support group for women.
How is your approach different from traditional therapy?
My practice integrates heart-based therapy, Jungian analysis, and somatic treatments like Frequency Specific Microcurrent with spiritual exploration and mindfulness practices.
Do you provide online therapy sessions?
Yes, I offer virtual counseling sessions through secure video platforms for clients who prefer remote access to therapy services.
What experience do you have treating trauma?
With over 40 years of clinical experience and specialized training in treating pre-verbal trauma, I've developed expertise in working with complex PTSD cases.
Can you help with spiritual development alongside therapy?
Yes, my practice incorporates spiritual exploration through meditation, Qigong, sacred music, and seasonal rituals to support emotional healing.
Reviews (3)
August West
Sep 26, 2021
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I would strongly caution anyone attempting to receive counseling from Linda to beware. I would describe her as ineffective, dishonest, manipulative, and highly unethical. Her goal is your money, and she will gaslight you into thinking need multiple weekly sessions ($$$) with her. She only knows how to parrot basic psychological concepts, and has a limited understanding of themand definitely no clue how to implement them with her patients. Her credentials state that she is a MFT, but she doesnt have a history of successful relationships in her own life. She has a Virgin Mary complex
David Hauser
Apr 25, 2021
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My experiences over the years working in sessions with Linda has enabled me to pry out lost memories from my unconscious self and sort out those dark feelings they emanated. Although this inner work requires emotionally difficult effort, with Linda's excellent guidance, her empathy, and a sense of containment within her therapeutic structure - I have better come to understand myself. These days I interact with others both on a professional as well as personal level with greater clarity, have a stronger sense of self, and have learned how to handle the outer world with less trepidation.
Janeen Murray
Apr 16, 2021
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Linda is an extraordinarily insightful, intelligent, empathetic, sensitive, powerful and wise professional.
