Linda Young , MD, LCSW-C

Linda Young, MD, LCSW-C, is a Maryland-based clinician with 25 years of experience providing psychosocial assessments and therapeutic care across multiple settings. She began her career in Boston, Massachusetts, delivering mental health services to children, adolescents, and adults for approximately seventeen years and serving as a mobile crises clinician who conducted safety assessments in homes, schools, and residential treatment facilities.

After relocating to Maryland in 2013, she continued working with clients facing a range of emotional and behavioral challenges, including drug and alcohol addiction. Over the most recent five years she has concentrated on adults in a substance abuse treatment program, assisting people coping with depression, anxiety, panic disorder, social phobia, trauma, grief and loss, life transitions, adjustment to chronic medical illness, and co-occurring mental health and substance use concerns.

She earned a Master of Social Work from Simmons College Graduate School of Social Work and a Bachelor of Arts in African American Studies and Graphic Design from Simmons College. In addition to those degrees, her listed credentials include MD, indicating a medical doctor, and LCSW-C, which denotes a licensed clinical social worker qualified to provide clinical therapy. Linda takes a collaborative, strength-based approach that integrates psychodynamic therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, and inner child work, while emphasizing client education and development of practical treatment strategies. She offers a warm, welcoming, and caring presence aimed at building a therapeutic relationship that supports growth and recovery.