Linda Mather (nee Spencer)
Experienced integrative psychotherapist and supervisor
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About Linda
Linda Mather (nee Spencer) is a psychotherapist with 26 years of practice in the United Kingdom. She is a BACP counsellor and has written counselling textbooks and self-help books. Linda also works as a trainer and clinical supervisor.
She aims to make the first contact straightforward and compassionate for people seeking support. Her background covers many approaches, and she adapts what she uses to each person's needs. Linda describes her method as integrative, drawing on cognitive-behavioural ideas alongside humanistic and psychodynamic perspectives.
Background and approach
She also uses solution-focused techniques and elements of transactional analysis when they fit the situation. She has experience supporting children and adolescents with issues such as self-harm, emotional regulation, anxiety, depression, bullying, friendship problems and bereavement. Linda has worked with adults facing depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive problems, substance misuse and the effects of trauma or emotional abuse.
In sessions she aims to offer a warm, understanding relationship and a space to talk things through. She tailors conversations and any treatment plan to the person in front of her. That means setting goals together and checking progress as therapy continues.
Linda helps people build practical skills for managing emotions and relationships, and she offers guidance on communication and coping strategies. She supports clients through difficult life changes and helps them plan steps towards clearer day-to-day functioning.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 26
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 48664
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Linda's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Linda works with
Everything Linda lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Linda lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Linda works online
Finding the best approach is part of the work itself. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences and how they react to different methods. Together they will try approaches, check what helps, and adjust the plan as therapy progresses.
The biography does not list which online session types are offered, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people keep continuity of care if they are living abroad or travelling. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt ACT or CBT techniques to an online setting, using exercises, thought records and practical tasks between sessions to support progress.
Questions and answers
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, eating and anger issues, and many more concerns listed in her profile.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses an integrative approach and adapts methods to each person. Sessions tend to be conversational and goal-focused with practical skills when useful.
How long has she practised?
She has 26 years of experience, and also works as a trainer and clinical supervisor and as an author of counselling texts.
Where is the therapist based?
She is based in the United Kingdom and holds BACP accreditation as listed in her credentials.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts clients from outside the UK.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are sessions charged?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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