About Linzie
From reporting the story to helping you discover a more empowering version of your own
My story
All my life I have been curious about people and their stories. Looking back, I realize that curiosity was my way of understanding my own experiences and making meaning of them.
In my first career, I spent more than 15 years writing, reporting, and anchoring for ABC News, Bloomberg, and CNN. From my bases in London and New York I traveled the world and saw firsthand the suffering and extraordinary resilience of the human spirit. It's part of what inspired me to become a psychotherapist.
My approach is rooted in psychodynamic theory and the latest understanding of trauma and the nervous system. I integrate depth psychology, somatic work, EMDR, IFS-informed therapy (parts work), and principles of mindfulness and meditation.
I trained in EMDR with the Institute for Creative Mindfulness and studied Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy at the Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies (LAISPS).
I earned my MA in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University Los Angeles and interned at Southern California Counseling Center, working with a wide range of clients facing depression, anxiety, OCD, grief, PTSD, childhood trauma, life transitions, and relationship challenges.
That first career also shapes the work I do beyond the therapy room. I coach leaders, founders, and people whose work puts them in the public eye, drawing on both my clinical training and my own years in front of a camera and under pressure. Our relationships and our jobs are the mirrors that help us grow and reach our full potential. Getting to partner with people ready to do deep personal work is the most rewarding work I have ever done.
My approach
Whether you come to me for therapy or coaching, a few things stay the same
Exploration
In this work we often find that the stories we tell about ourselves aren't the whole truth, or aren't serving us anymore. As those stories loosen, a clearer and more useful sense of who you are and where you're headed comes into view.
Mind-Body-Soul
Whether in therapy or coaching, we'll build awareness of the connections between your mind, body, and sense of self,
so you can draw on the wisdom of your whole being rather than living in
your head.
Self Compassion
So much of what holds people back is the pressure to perform and the fear of falling short. This work helps you turn toward the vulnerable parts of yourself with less judgment, whether we're healing old wounds or helping you lead and show up with more steadiness.