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Welcome to The Linden Center's Free Advice Library
- Articles by Linden Center CEO Charles Linden on how you can eliminate your anxiety disorders permanently
- Frequently asked questions about The Linden Method (everything you need to know to make an informed decision about joining The Linden Method Program)
- A history of The Linden Center and how it grew out of Charles spare bedroom to become the world’s most prestigious anxiety elimination program provider
- A biography of Linden Center CEO Charles Linden
- How to contact us. Including how to speak directly to an anxiety elimination specialist about joining The Linden Method program
The History of The Linden Center
The Linden Center was founded in the summer of 1996. Charles Linden had spent over 12 months, with a substantial group of research subjects and the assistance of a clinical psychologist and doctor, identifying what it was that all recovered anxiety sufferers had done to cause their recovery – the resultant findings formed the cornerstone of what was to become The Linden Method program.
The science of The Linden Method is based on the work of two of the world's most eminent scientists, John Broadus Watson and Burrhus Frederic Skinner, both pioneers in the American School of Behaviorism who discovered how the brain adopts new behaviors in a learning process called Operant Conditioning. Their discoveries form the foundation for The Linden Method.
Bringing together Charles Linden's research findings and the devices of Watson and Skinner, The Linden Method was created to expedite the process of learning responsible for complete anxiety elimination and total, permanent recovery.
After a two year window, during which time, The Linden Method was used by over 9,000 anxious clients who fed back results to The Linden Center, providing Charles with data he needed to perfect the techniques – the changes these subjects experienced where dramatic and permanent. In 1998, The Linden Method in its structured program form was available to the general public around the world through Charles' first anxiety elimination website.
Using a home website creation tool, Charles designed the first Linden Method website and printed and bound The Method himself on a home printer. The CDs were recorded at home and edited by Charles. The idea was to create a series of media items which would communicate The Method effectively, the crucial factor was to supply a program that speeded up the recovery process and instilled in the sufferer the 'learning' which causes recovery.
The results experienced were amazing and as word spread, both on and offline, that a new treatment was available, client numbers started to grow and feedback was incredible, with very few negative comments and then only about the quality of the audio or video.
Many clients reported dramatic recovery times after years of failed therapies and medication. Over time, it became apparent that some clients needed a little more assistance so Charles implemented an email support program so that clients can access support, reassurance and guidance at any time. Charles would sit up, sometimes into the night, answering emails from his clients but this started to affect his own health and very soon he had to employ a counselor who he trained in The Linden Method, to help him with support and enquiries.
Now, some ten years later, The Linden Method support team is made up of the most highly experienced and qualified anxiety specialists in the world and free, unlimited access to them is provided free of charge to every Linden Method program user.
Charles went from running the enterprise from his spare room single-handedly to employing three staff in year two to the 22 staff he now employs in 5 centers around the world, all dedicated to supporting and guiding clients to recovery using the fastest route possible.
In 1992, Lifewise Publishing was formed as the publishing arm of the organization and as a vehicle for The Linden Method and the other anxiety disorder related products Charles had developed over time.
Charles was asked to contribute at this point to a number of magazines, newspapers and radio programs and The Linden Method began advertising in a number of international publications that gave the centers the instant visibility it needed to grow. In the following three years, The Linden Center clients grew exponentially at a rate of knots to where we are today having helped over 100,000 international clients to become anxiety free.
In 2002, after a chance meeting with a mental health professional at a conference venue in London, Charles set up his clinical referral program, enabling community psychiatric workers, doctors, psychologists and other mental health workers the opportunity to refer clients to the centers. This caused immediate relief for many thousands of sufferers who had been in 'the system' for long periods, using drug therapies or trapped in constant therapy sessions that proved fruitless for them.
This referral program has since formed the basis for a number of relationships both in the public and private sectors and has formed the foundation for The Linden center's ongoing relationship with national health services.
The repackaging and redevelopment of key elements of the program pack have been ongoing and its current form, we feel, is the best provision for anxiety elimination in the world. The program material is easy to access, read, listen to and watch and the packaging is light and pleasant to receive BUT, more importantly, the resource received inside that packaging and through the support team is second to none globally.
The Linden Center now has bespoke corporate stress and anxiety elimination programs, DVDs, CDs and Charles has just finished recording his TV series called Stress Less with Charles Linden. Charles' Stress Free in 30 Days program received The Times Newspaper's MUST READ accolade late 2007 and went to number one in Amazon.
Impromptu Linden Method workshops, which were requested by corporate clients, have prompted The Linden Centers to consider creating regular workshops that are now in development.
The Linden Centers have nearly stopped advertising in national publications and have created strategic partnerships with a wide range of media vehicles and companies to promote The Linden Method and other products. The Linden Center also opened the doors of its shop Karma Mind in July 2005 providing sufferers with access to hand picked items which support and expedite recovery. Hand picked and tested by Charles himself, these products are hard to find elsewhere.
The Charles Linden Foundation was formed in response to a requirement for a charitable arm to the organization. Many requests for financial assistance when joining the Linden Center programs would come to us from all corners of the earth, so Charles founded the foundation to raise funds to allow those people from war torn or famine struck areas for example, to access our stress and anxiety programs without having to concern themselves with costs.
Charles has always carried out much charity work and also pro bono casework; especially with children, as child anxiety is a subject very close to his heart.
In recent years, the headquarters of The Linden Centers international has moved offices a number of times in order to accommodate the dramatic growth in its client base.
The Linden Method is now the most successful and respected anxiety elimination program in the world with clients in over 170 countries. Charles is widely regarded as a world leader and authority in the field of anxiety elimination and addresses workshops, seminars and provides material and research to national bodies, government/public health organizations, radio, TV and news broadcasters.
It is amazing to look back and see how far The Linden Method, the Centers and the Foundation have come since their humble start in Charles spare bedroom. We are eternally grateful to all our clients, especially those who have provided the invaluable testimonials we have received and the organizations which have helped us become what we are today. The Linden centers, The Linden Method client base, Charles' involvement in new initiatives, ideas and organizations grow constantly.
If you are an existing Linden Method member, thank you for your support, if not, we hope that you will decide to become a participant and discover for yourself just how effective The Linden Method program is at changing lives.
Join The Linden Method® Today!
You will receive:
- The Linden Method Manual - Simple to read, understand and implement
- The Linden Method Audio - Powerful, relaxing sound tracks
- The Linden Method Video - Targeted anxiety relief and reassurance
- Advice and support from qualified and experienced specialists
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