Linda Troutman-Zelows, LCSW-R

Linda is an amazing therapist. She let's me do finger painting and clay work because I like more hands on projects. She accomidates to the way I learn and behave very well. She let's me have my days where I just don't wanna do anything serious but still gets me to work on what we need to do. She keeps me motivated to work on myself and helps me through when I am not.

Linda is exactly the type of therapist that our society needs more of. She remembers humanity. She listens, and has tremendous life experience to provide TRUE GUIDANCE, unlike the multitude of 'textbook' therapists. She is extremely accommodating, working with the ebb and flow of life's unpredictability. Linda has a way of reminding me that I am an important person in my world, and aides me in treating myself accordingly. Linda ALWAYS puts the patient first, above and beyond all other factors.

Linda is the best! She gets me and has been able to get me to talk. This is big for me. She makes it fun and we do fun activities. She is available anytime nights and weekends too. I have a friend I got to have her go there too. She thinks linda is awesome too. I would tell anyone to see her...she is as  Read Less

Linda was on her phone the entire time every visit, and I felt very unimportant and not listened to. She would say she has a client in crisis, which I get, but I guess I require a different kind of therapist that listens to me while I’m in front of them. She took a lot of time to talk about her life when I told her I didn’t feel comfortable talking about a certain topic, which was working a lot because she works a day job and does therapy at night. When I had started to panic during my very last session, she would not allow me to leave and got on her hands and knees begging me to make another appointment and not to leave upset. Likely because she had a “new, special case” (her words, not mine) coming in next and didn’t want them to see me leaving upset. She also brought me up to another patient of hers who happens to be a friend of mine, which I thought was extremely upsetting and unprofessional. She didn’t say my name but implied who I was, so I’m sure she thought it was fine.

I have seen a few therapists and each time have left with little hope that they could help me. Linda was the first therapist that I have had who I connected with right away. She thinks out of the box and that is important to me. She has truly helped me to embrace who I am, and to look at my "flaws" in a positive light.

It’s always scary to start a journey with a new therapist, but Linda has made it so easy to transition into a routine. It helps when you can relate well with your patients, and she really strives to ensure you’re getting the best out of your visits. She is tough when she needs to be, which can be scary for some who are sensitive, but she has helped me tremendously by stepping out of my own shoes and helping work towards better insight to everything in my life. She gives assignments at the end of my sessions, which help to keep me on track.

Linda has made such a difference in my daughter’s life in the past few months. She knows how to relate to her on her level and has taught her coping skills that helps her deal with her thoughts and anxieties. My daughter still has a ways to go but is on the right path because of Linda. I highly recommend her for therapy or children and adults.

Linda is one of the best that I have been to! And I have seen them all over. From Alabama to New Mexico in between and now here. She is empathic, smart, loving and hard(when she needs to be).

Linda is firm when necessary and easy to relate to. She is very caring and makes it easy for me to share and open up to.

Fantastic, easy to talk to and relatable. She truly cares about her patients and will go above and beyond to help.

She is very understanding and caring. She makes time that's convenient to everyone and really takes her clients needs to heart. She's a step above.

I have been seeing Linda for years, and her help has been invaluable to me. I searched for the right person, and she is it. She is friendly, firm when needed, realistic, creative and caring.

Typical run of the mill Medicaid therapist. Vague, stereotypical and ineffective. Rushes too fast