About

Linda J. Wilk, MAPC

67 years ago I started on this journey on earth.  I think I always was a seeker, and I definitely was a listener.  My mom told me I brought the stray people, dogs and cats home from the beginning (I've added farm and wild animals now).  I have a natural feeling towards justice in the world, though I have accepted that life is not fair.  What I believe is that if those of us who seek peace do not continue seeking it and teaching it, then there will definitely be chaos and violence and never-ending war, so we have to work every day towards peace, from the core of our being outwards.  This is what I believe "God", whatever it is, has called me to do.  To that end, I spend time every day in contemplation, listening for direction, to that still, small voice, and I listen to the way God works through people as well.  I live my life along the river with my husband, dogs, cats and chickens, and with whomever else happens along.  I am blessed to have many recovering and spiritual people in my life.  We have 3 children and many other close Friends who happen into our lives.  May you be one of them!

Linda J. Wilk, MAPC.
Pastoral Counselor/Coach.

Part of that life journey has been my evolution as a counselor/therapist towards a coach.  I've been privileged to study under some of the best professors and mentors, from Jungians to Object Relations analysts to Family Therapists and finally to Brief Therapists and DBT practitioners.  Finally I moved towardcoaching because it is wonderfully goal=oriented and does not rely on the insurance system for its monies.  I like the idea of clear contracts and boundaries more and more as I age into wisdom, and I like combining the best of the wisdom I have gained from all of my mentors to offer a conglomeration of approaches to help you tpo problem solve your own dilemmas.

Qualifications

1981

BA in Psychology and Community Development

Livingston College of Rutgers University,

New Brunswick, NJ

1997

MA, magna cum laude in Pastoral Counseling

Moravian Theological Seminary

Bethlehem, PA

Completed 2 year internship in Structural

Family Therapy.

2016

Certified Peer Recovery Coach

Department of Health

Berkeley County

Martinsburg, WV