Linda S Freedman

read moreShe says all the letters after names are really there to make professionals feel important. So personally, she likes to leave them off. She tells people, We can all be on a first name basis. A complete bio would include more than where she got her degrees (University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana/Chicago BS, MSW, & PhD). As a kid Dr. Freedman was that person other kids talked to at school about their problems, and that followed to the residence hall at college. She's still the one that perfect strangers start telling their problems to on the bus.

read moreThey should have a plan to resolve those problems, considering the context- that's what systems therapists do. There are reasons hope doesn't last, generally because nothing's changed, initially, except the way you look at things. Much of what a therapist has to offer should have been taught to all of us in school, and ultimately will be. Professionals like Dr. Freedman are already eliminating the boundaries of time and space, doing therapy online. Individual therapy is wonderful and a luxury. Getting everyone else to go with the program and not sabotage what feels like a good plan is much harder.