About Lynn

Lynn Lyons, LICSW, is a licensed clinical social worker and psychotherapist who lives in Concord, New Hampshire and is in private practice there. For 20 years, Lynn has helped individuals, families, and groups overcome their anxiety, manage food and weight challenges, compete effectively, and parent confidently.

She is a “how-to” therapist, and her workshops, seminars, and private sessions teach concrete skills and usable techniques. Lynn’s approach combines her extensive knowledge of clinical hypnosis, with cognitive and strategic therapies to interrupt negative patterns and change lives for the better.

Lynn specializes in the treatment of anxiety disorders in adults and children, including generalized anxiety, phobias, social anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, and performance anxiety. She also works extensively with those who struggle with disordered eating, particularly compulsive or emotional eating and binge eating disorder.

She presents nationally to parents, therapists, teachers, and other helping professionals. She has developed several programs and workshops which offer solid information and strategies, including:

"Worried About Your Worrier: Creating Calmer Kids in a Stress-Filled World"
“Quickly Calmer: Parenting Through the Tough Times”
"Managing Anxiety and Anger in the Classroom"
"Brief Therapy Strategies for the Treatment of Anxiety in Children"

Lynn received her BA in English from Williams College in 1987, her Masters in Social Work from Boston University in 1990, and has been training extensively with the world’s experts in clinical hypnosis and strategic therapy since 1993. She is a member of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH). She is an ACE certified personal trainer, spinning instructor and a triathlete. She has been married for 20 years and has two sons.