Linda Young, MD, LCSW-C

Linda Young, MD, LCSW-C, is a Maryland-based mental health professional with 25 years of clinical experience. She holds an MD - Doctor of Medicine - and is licensed as a clinical social worker (LCSW-C). Over the course of her career she has provided psychosocial assessments and treatment to children, adolescents, and adults across a variety of treatment settings, offering support for concerns ranging from substance use to mood and anxiety symptoms.

She began her career in Boston, where she worked for approximately seventeen years delivering mental health services in community and institutional settings, including mobile crisis work assessing safety in homes, schools, and residential treatment facilities. After relocating to Maryland in 2013, she continued serving children, adolescents, and adults with emotional and behavioral difficulties, and in the most recent five years she has focused on adults in substance abuse treatment programs, helping individuals manage depression, anxiety, panic disorder, social phobia, trauma, grief, life transitions, and adjustment to chronic medical conditions, as well as co-occurring mental health and addiction concerns.

Linda earned her Master of Social Work degree at Simmons College Graduate School of Social Work and holds a Bachelor of Arts in African American Studies and Graphic Design from Simmons College. Her clinical style is collaborative and strength based, integrating psychodynamic psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, trauma-focused approaches, and inner child work. She emphasizes client education and works to build a therapeutic relationship that supports practical strategies and a tailored treatment plan informed by each person’s strengths.