About Lynne
Lynne Finger is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, trauma and addiction. She speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps to ease overwhelming feelings. Many who come to her want relief from anger, low self-esteem, or trouble with intimacy and connection.
She works with adults who are trying to find steadiness after life changes or crises. Lynne draws on 25 years of clinical practice in North Carolina.
Background and approach
She blends body-focused somatic work with talk therapies to address how emotions show up in the body and in daily life. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and psychodynamic ideas to help people understand patterns and try new responses. Sessions are shaped to each person’s needs, mixing short-term problem solving with deeper exploration when helpful.
Lynne describes her style as straightforward and down-to-earth. She prioritizes creating a respectful, nonjudgmental space where clients can name difficult feelings and try small changes. Practical tools, breathing and body awareness exercises, and examining past influences are common parts of her work.
Her background includes a Master of Social Work from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an LCSW license in North Carolina (NC LCSW C002591). Over the years she has supported people dealing with mood disorders, trauma, relationship breaks, grief, and life transitions. In sessions she helps clients set clear goals and choose methods that fit their lives.
People often leave having learned ways to manage intense feelings, strengthen relationships, and move toward a steadier daily routine.
How somatic and talk therapies work online
Somatic Therapy helps people notice how emotions show up in their bodies and uses gentle attention to breath, posture, and sensation to ease stress and trauma responses. It can be useful for people who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, chronic pain, or body tension. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression and improve daily functioning. Psychodynamic ideas look at past patterns and how early relationships influence current choices, helping people gain insight into repeated struggles and relationship difficulties.Picking the right approach is part of the work. The therapist and client will talk together about goals, symptoms, and preferences, then try methods that seem likely to help. That plan can change over time as goals shift and progress is made, with a mix of body-based exercises and conversational techniques when helpful.
Online sessions make this flexible. Video calls allow guided somatic exercises and live observation, while phone sessions offer a simpler option. Live chat and text messaging are useful for short check-ins, skill practice, or when scheduling is tight. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and continue care from wherever they are.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English