Linda Newton, LCSW, LCSW, CSW

Linda Newton, LCSW, CSW is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Colorado with 25 years of clinical experience. She brings long-term, practice-based expertise in treating trauma, addictions, relationship concerns, and mood disorders, and she has extensive experience working with veterans who live with chronic, complex PTSD including both combat-related trauma and military sexual trauma.

Throughout her career she has worked with individuals, couples, and families, and she served on a team focused on trauma resulting from military sexual assault. She has also designed psychoeducational curricula that explain how PTSD can affect daily life, self-esteem, and substance use. Her clinical strengths include addressing trauma alongside co-occurring conditions such as anxiety, depression, relationship problems, and conflicts rooted in religious or moral values.

Linda uses evidence-informed methods to support clients through recovery and improved functioning, and she welcomes people seeking help with addictions, anger, stress, self-esteem, bipolar disorder, and family dynamics. She invites prospective clients to schedule an appointment and will respond within 24 to 48 business hours. "Your past does not have to control your present or future" reflects her approach to helping people move forward.

Online approaches for trauma, relationships, and recovery

Linda Newton integrates several evidence-informed methods into her online practice to address trauma, mood, and relationship concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps clients identify and shift unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression and to improve coping skills. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness - tools that can be especially useful for managing intense emotions, relationship conflict, and self-destructive behaviors. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is a trauma-focused approach that supports reprocessing of distressing memories and can be effective for people recovering from PTSD and related trauma symptoms.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Linda works with clients to assess needs, goals, and preferences and then tailors a treatment plan that may combine elements from different modalities to best support recovery and improved functioning.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - clients can meet by video call, speak by phone, or use live chat and text-based messaging to fit sessions into busy lives or to access care from different locations. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, attend regular sessions, and engage in therapy in a way that matches individual schedules and comfort levels.