About Dr. Linda 

Dr Linda Shanti holds a doctorate in Clinical Psychology and is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in the state of California. She sees clients virtually through video telehealth providing therapy (for clients residing in California) or coaching (for clients residing in other areas). She specializes in working with women that are wanting recovery or learning to travel with grief. In addition to working with thoughts and feelings, Dr Linda uses healing modalities such as expressive arts and soulcollage(R).

Dr. Linda has worked in the field of mental health and eating disorder recovery since 1999. She served as a therapist in residential, intensive outpatient, and outpatient levels of care with women and their families. Her doctoral research focused on re-image-ing the body using expressive arts with women recovering from bulimia, anorexia, and binge eating. She enjoys supporting women who experience body image difficulties, disordered eating, depression, anxiety, or grief…to find new meaning in their lives.

Dr Linda is a certified eating disorder specialist (CEDS), holds a certificate in grief counseling, and is a licensed soulcollage(R) facilitator. She has completed trainings in expressive arts therapy, soulcollage(R), trauma/tapping, and Postpartum International’s training in perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. She is a Registered Expressive Arts Therapist (REAT).

She also has training in coaching, which differs from therapy in that it:

-does not assess, diagnose, or treat mental illness
-works in present time
-works with the relationship between your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in a solution-oriented way
-is not covered by insurance

In our work together, we can work on identifying the ways your critical self-talk relates to your behaviors with food, self-image, blocked creativity, depression (including Postpartum Depression and Anxiety), anxiety, grief, or codependence. Through compassionate mirroring, pragmatic tools, expressive arts, spiritual practice/mindfulness, listening to your body's wisdom, and developing support, you can learn how to strengthen your ability to be with uncomfortable emotions. We can also look at how your family of origin experience has affected you, what interpersonal tools you would like to keep, and which interpersonal behaviors are no longer serving you.

I will inquire about your needs and we will determine whether therapy, expressive arts work, or coaching is the best fit for you.

Regardless of the modality, the goal is to learn how to be both more present and fiercely compassionate with yourself.

 

TESTIMONIALS

Testimonials

I have known Linda in a professional capacity since 2005 when we worked together at Henry Ohlhoff's Eating Disorder Intensive Outpatient Program. Linda is a great therapist. She's intuitive, kind, and really knows eating disorders inside and out. I have referred several of my clients to her eating disorder groups, and seen amazing recovery come out of that. I highly recommend Linda as both an individual therapist and a group therapist. She's helped many people heal from their eating disorders and has been one of my go to resources for years.

-Leora Fulvio, MFT

I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to work closely with Dr. Linda for over 6 years.  She brings a breadth of experience and has worked in all levels of care helping men and women recover from eating disorders and chemical dependency. She uses evidence based tools with an authentic, compassionate approach.  In addition, Dr. Linda is trained in expressive arts modalities to give voice to nonverbal parts of the self.  I have no hesitation in recommending Dr. Linda!!

-Shrein Bahrami, MFT 

I have attended two of Dr. Linda Shanti McCabe's soul collage workshops. They both left me feeling more connected to my higher self and so satisfied with creativity. And I went home with a beautiful and meaningful collage. Dr. Linda is a gentle and masterful facilitator of this work. She brings compassion, humor and easy guidance. I highly recommend her, if you are feeling called to express your creativity in a personal growth experience, then do yourself a favor and sign up for one of Dr. Linda's Soul Collage workshops. You will truly be giving yourself a gift. 

-Michelle M. Olsen, GreenLight Coaching

 

Dr Linda is a member of the following professional organizations:  

  • The International Expressive Arts Therapy Association® (IEATA®)

  • Association of Professionals Treating Eating Disorders (APTED)

  • International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (IADEP)

  • American Psychological Association (APA)

  • Soulcollage® Facilitator Circle

  • Postpartum Support International (PSI)

Dr Linda has presented on Eating Disorders, Expressive arts, the Art of Grief, and the intersection of Eating Disorders and Perinatal Mood Disorders at International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (IAEDP), Postpartum Support International (PSI), and the Widow Empowerment Event. 

Most importantly, this work is her true labor of love. She knows the terrain of eating disorder recovery and "new mommy bootcamp" because she has been there. She recovered  twenty years ago. She is a therapist that believes "you can't keep it unless you give it away, but you can't give it away unless you have it."