About Lynette
Lynette Accomando is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who brings 38 years of experience to her practice in Massachusetts. She focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, and parenting concerns. Her tone is supportive and interactive, and she encourages clients to use their own strengths as they work toward change.
She takes a straightforward approach in sessions and listens closely before suggesting ways forward. Conversations are tailored to each person - Lynette adapts the pace and focus to match what feels most useful.
Background and approach
She avoids stigmatizing labels and treats people with respect and compassion. Over her career she has worked with many people who have experienced emotional, physical, or sexual trauma, and she helps clients who cope with grief, addictions, bipolar challenges, or compassion fatigue. Lynette also supports those managing career stress, caregiver strain, and the difficulties that come with blended families and divorce.
Her work draws on techniques from cognitive behavioral ideas, dialectical behavior ideas, person-centered and humanistic philosophies, and rational-emotive concepts. In practice she mixes these approaches to fit what a client needs at the time. Sessions focus on concrete skills, clearer thinking, and practical steps clients can try between meetings.
People who prefer a collaborative, experienced counselor who listens and responds with warmth often find her style helpful. Lynette aims to be a steady, respectful partner while clients move toward the goals they choose.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Many of the techniques Lynette uses focus on clear thinking and practical skills. Cognitive behavioral approaches look at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teach tools people can use when anxiety or low mood arise. These techniques help with everyday stress, depression, and relationship patterns.Dialectical behavior ideas emphasize skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships. These skills include strategies for tolerance of distress, clearer communication, and balancing acceptance with change, which can be useful for anger, impulsivity, and caregiver stress.
Finding the right mix of methods is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and how they respond to different techniques. Together they will tailor a plan and adjust it as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video is useful for full conversations and visual cues, while phone can work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging are helpful for brief updates, homework check-ins, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and varied life situations.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 38 years
- Licensed
- Massachusetts
- Languages
- English