Dr. Lindahl has 20 years of experience working with adults, adolescents, and children. She uses a holistic approach to help clients increase happiness and life satisfaction, improve self-esteem, and enhance relationships. Dr. Lindahl has a special interest in working with clients with obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety disorders, and tinnitus-related distress. When working with adults, she uses a wellness model to help clients strengthen coping skills and deepen self-awareness. With children and teens, she addresses OCD, emotional and behavioral problems, and school-related issues.
In her testing practice, Dr. Lindahl helps clients solve the puzzle of why they don’t always live up to their full potential at school or work or why they are bothered by emotional or behavioral symptoms. Presenting clients with strategies and tools that can help them maximize their strengths and address challenges is a focal point of her practice.
Dr. Lindahl graduated summa cum laude from The George Washington University, with a B.A. in psychology. She earned her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from The Catholic University of America in 2004. Dr. Lindahl opened her private practice in 2004.
Service
Dr. Lindahl is a past president of the board of directors for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s National Capital Area Chapter. She also volunteers with the American Red Cross Disaster Mental Health team, offering psychological assistance to victims and first responders. She has deployed to help victims of the Navy Yard shooting in Washington, DC and of Hurricane Irma in Florida, among other disasters. Dr. Lindahl provides pro bono mental health services to survivors of gun violence and their families through Give An Hour, and has volunteered abroad, sharing knowledge of child development with preschool teachers in Tanzania. Dr. Lindahl has also mentored recent college graduates who hope to become mental health professionals, through the D.C. Area Phi Beta Kappa Association.
Memberships
Dr. Lindahl is a member of the Virginia Academy of Clinical Psychologists (VACP), Northern Virginia Clinical Psychologists (NVCP), the American Tinnitus Association (ATA), the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF), the Anxiety & Depression Association of America (ADAA), and the DC Area Phi Beta Kappa Association. Dr. Lindahl is also credentialed by the National Register of Health Service Psychologists.
Licensure
Dr. Lindahl is licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia (0810003583). She is also authorized to practice telepsychology under the Authority to Practice Interjurisdictional Telepsychology (APIT) in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.