About Lanita
Lanita Sunshine Patterson greets people with warmth and straightforward care. She encourages clients to give themselves grace and offers steady support while they work through anxiety, stress, depression, and changes in life. Lanita is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in South Carolina and brings eight years of experience to her work.
She uses clear, practical methods in sessions. Conversations focus on identifying triggers, challenging negative self-talk, and building coping skills that fit daily life.
Background and approach
She also addresses addiction and drug and alcohol concerns with attention to motivation and small, achievable steps. Lanita favors a person-centered style. That means she listens first, follows what matters to each person, and adapts tools to individual needs.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused techniques are part of her toolkit to help people notice patterns and try new behaviors. Sessions aim to be collaborative and goal-oriented. Clients can expect a mix of talking, skill practice, and planning for what to try between meetings.
The approach is meant to be respectful, direct, and focused on what will make day-to-day life more manageable. Her background includes work with people facing compassion fatigue and career-related stress as well as addiction concerns. She frames change as a step-by-step process and encourages realistic, sustainable progress.
Lanita welcomes people ready to explore practical strategies and personal strengths. To begin, she asks people to share their priorities so sessions reflect what matters most. The emphasis is on workable changes, steady support, and finding ways to move forward with intention and care.
How practical approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following what matters most to each person; it helps people feel heard and shapes sessions around their priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and offers straightforward exercises to reduce anxiety, manage stress, and change unhelpful patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) provides skills for handling intense emotions and improving coping during times of crisis or overwhelm.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences, then try methods that match those aims. Together they adjust techniques over time so the plan fits evolving needs and daily routines.
Online sessions can make consistent work easier. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and teaching skills. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging support quick check-ins, brief coaching, or follow-up between meetings. These options offer flexibility for fitting sessions into busy schedules while keeping the focus on practical steps and steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Stress, Anxiety
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
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