About - Linda S. Jones Therapist
Linda S. Jones is a licensed clinical therapist. Linda has over 15 years of experience working with infants, children and adolescents. Linda has a psychodynamic background and is an avid learner. After earning her Master’s in Clinical Psychology she received her two year certificate in Infant, Child and Adolescent Developmental Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy from the Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute. This prepared her for her Certificate in Infant Mental Health from Wayne State University. She is located in the Detroit, MI area. Linda attained much of her experience with children who have attachment and trauma difficulties in her work for Community Mental Health. Linda discovered her passion for working with children and parents, while working in pediatric office prior to her graduate degree, in which she gained valuable experience.
Linda's specialties include Infant and Maternal Mental Health, Trauma and Attachment issues for all ages, including children who have been adopted or have been in Foster Care. Linda trained with Dan Hughes PhD and utilizes Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy using PLACE (playfulness, love, acceptance, curiosity and empathy) with her families. Linda has also been trained in EMDR – Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, a unique therapy that helps the brain process unresolved trauma. Linda also specializes in Women's Mental Health Challenges (including anxiety, depression, and postpartum depression). Linda has great empathy and passion for working with children and families. She honors the parent-child relationship as the primary aim of therapy. Linda uses an open, reflective and non-judgmental stance, she is supportive and accepting. She also is empathic and holds your hope for Change Through Growth.
Psychotherapy
Many things in our lives can get us off track in our lives. Perhaps it is a new stress, life transitions, a major illness, family problems, or a relationship problem. Or perhaps, it is something that happened earlier in your life, an old issue that you have been dealing with for many years. Whatever the cause, stressful experiences can disrupt the biochemistry of our brains which make achieving balance again difficult. The stress, anxiety, depression is a sign we need to heal. Psychotherapy helps by providing you greater insight and awareness of these issues and provides you new options and new strategies in managing them.
Psychotherapy typically consists of an assessment phase a treatment phase and termination phase. The beginning of psychotherapy is the assessment phase which spans multiple sessions. It begins with a clinical interview and history taking. Usually, the evaluation includes the initial planning phases of treatment and is usually two to four sessions in length. This depends on the nature of the history and who the treatment involves. During the third or fourth session Linda S. Jones provides clinical feedback with diagnostic impressions and treatment recommendations as well as psycho-education regarding the impressions. The treatment planning is a very important aspect to therapy. As you are an important part of the treatment team the treatment planning is decided jointly in feedback sessions. At this time Linda S. Jones may also make recommendations for other supportive treatments if appropriate. The treatment phase is different for each client. Therapy sessions focus on the treatment goals decided on during the assessment phase of therapy. Therapy session can also focus on other matters that come up during treatment. Termination in therapy is also decided jointly during treatment phase.