Linda Metcalf, M.Ed., PhD, LMFT, LPC-S, CSC is a former Chair and current Professor of Graduate Counseling Programs at Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, licensed professional counselor supervisor and certified school counselor and secondary teacher.

Linda is the author of eleven books including Counseling Toward Solutions (1995, 2008, Wiley, 2019, Routledge, 2021). She is the creator of Solution Focused Schools Unlimited, LLC, the Solution Focused Schools Unlimited podcast series and the SF Connection, a free webinar she developed for school counselors during Covid 19 and continues to provide bi-weekly to school counselors and educators for the past four years.

Linda has presented her work extensively in the United States, Australia, Japan, China, Newfoundland, Germany, Scotland, England, Norway, Amsterdam, Singapore, UK,
Canada, Mexico, Russia, France, Thailand and more.

Linda is past president of both the Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.

Linda lives in Fort Worth, Texas with her husband Roger, a retired forensic dentist. Together, they are proud parents of three adult children, Roger Jr., Kelli and Ryan, a grandson, granddaughter and three golden retrievers.