About Patricia
Patricia Bell is a licensed social worker practicing in Ohio with seven years of clinical experience. She focuses on common struggles such as stress and anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, and depression. Patricia aims to make first steps feel manageable and steady for people seeking change.
She keeps sessions open and straightforward. Patricia listens without judgment and encourages honest talk about thoughts and feelings. Together she and the client set goals and decide on practical steps toward them.
Background and approach
Her style adapts to the person in front of her. She draws from client-centered methods to follow what matters most to each client. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools often appear when the goal is to shift unhelpful thinking or build new coping skills.
Patricia also uses elements of dialectical behavior therapy and solution-focused techniques when emotional regulation or concrete problem solving is the focus. Motivational Interviewing helps when someone is unsure about change or needs help finding motivation. She has worked across a wide range of concerns beyond the main specialties, including caregiver stress, chronic illness, communication problems, attachment issues, and adjustment after separation.
Patricia helps people map small, doable steps and track progress over time.
How therapeutic approaches fit into online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship; it helps when someone needs a calm space to talk and be heard. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the connections between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete skills to shift unhelpful patterns; this can be useful for anxiety and depression.Finding the right method is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and suggest approaches that seem most helpful. Choices are adjusted over time based on what is working and what is not.
Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice and deeper conversation. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging offer quick check-ins, brief skill reminders, or support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to keep momentum while working toward goals.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Ohio, Maryland
- Languages
- English
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