About Patricia
Patricia Maksoudian is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 26 years of clinical experience. She focuses on anxiety, relationship strain, grief, trauma, and life changes. Her manner is calm and direct, and she helps people take small practical steps toward feeling steadier and more connected.
Patricia uses methods that help people understand their emotions and repair relationship patterns. She draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy and the Gottman Method to address intimacy, communication, and commitment concerns.
Background and approach
Mindfulness techniques are used to reduce stress and manage strong feelings in the moment. Clients can expect straightforward conversation and focused skill-building. Sessions often include talking through difficult moments, practicing new ways to communicate, and learning tools to calm the body when anxiety or anger rise.
Patricia aims to make change feel manageable rather than overwhelming. Patricia brings experience with trauma recovery and with people who face complicated family dynamics. She pays attention to attachment history, family of origin issues, and blended family challenges.
This helps her tailor work to each person's background and goals. Her practice also addresses career stress, compassion fatigue, seasonal mood shifts, and challenges connected to military service. Patricia combines practical strategies with emotional understanding so people can move forward after loss, betrayal, or long-term stress.
Online approaches for anxiety and relationship work
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify and name strong emotions and change patterns that keep partners or individuals stuck. It is often used when anxiety, attachment wounds, or intimacy problems make close connection feel unsafe.The Gottman Method focuses on practical communication skills and rebuilding trust after conflicts or infidelity. It uses structured techniques to improve everyday interactions and reduce repeating arguments that increase stress and anxiety.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, personal history, and what feels most useful. Together they will decide whether EFT, Gottman techniques, mindfulness, or trauma-focused strategies fit best for the issue at hand.
Online therapy offers several flexible formats to match different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and in-session skill practice. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people share brief updates, ask questions between sessions, or use therapy without being on camera. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving, or travel while keeping the focus on progress and skill development.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 26 years
- Licensed
- Michigan, Indiana
- Languages
- English
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