About Patricia
Patricia Godwin is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. She also supports people facing career shifts, grief, parenting challenges, addictions, and trauma-related concerns. Her approach is practical and down-to-earth.
She uses clear language and focuses on what matters to the client. In sessions, she keeps the tone warm and interactive. Conversations are tailored to each person’s needs rather than following a rigid script.
Background and approach
She listens closely and helps people set realistic, step-by-step goals they can work toward between sessions. Patricia uses methods drawn from client-centered work and cognitive behavioral strategies. She blends those with solution-focused techniques and motivational interviewing to help people change unhelpful thinking and build useful habits.
For relationship concerns she applies elements of the Gottman Method to improve communication and repair patterns. Her style is respectful and direct. She avoids stigmatizing labels and treats struggles as problems to solve together.
People who come for help often want clear tools and practical next steps rather than long, abstract discussions. Patricia practices from Utah and conducts sessions in English. She has worked across many settings and brings decades of clinical experience to each meeting.
If someone is ready to make a change, she focuses on small, manageable steps that can add up to real progress.
Practical approaches for online care
Patricia uses client-centered methods that prioritize the person’s experience. This approach starts with listening and shaping the work around what matters most to the client, helping them feel heard and steering sessions toward their goals.She also applies cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. CBT can be useful for anxiety, depression, and stress by giving clear tools to change thinking and routines.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the process. Patricia works together with each person to decide which approaches fit their needs and goals. That collaborative planning shapes what happens in sessions and what homework or exercises might be most helpful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people work face-to-face from different locations. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging allow ongoing brief support and are useful for quick check-ins or when writing feels easier than talking. These options give flexibility to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy days while keeping the focus on consistent progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Utah, Idaho
- Languages
- English
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