About Patricia
Patricia Marchman is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience offering steady, practical help for people facing stress and anxiety. She practices in Illinois and uses straightforward methods to help people cope with hard moments and find clearer options. Patricia speaks English and focuses on making therapy feel doable for someone juggling work, family, or health concerns.
Patricia helps people dealing with depression, addiction, sleep problems, and intense life transitions.
Background and approach
She also supports those facing grief, trauma, caregiver stress, chronic illness, career pressure, and issues related to aging. Her caseload includes veterans and first responders among others who need structured support. In sessions she listens closely and works with each person to build usable tools.
She blends cognitive techniques with acceptance-based ideas to reduce unhelpful thoughts and increase meaningful action. She also draws on attachment-focused and client-centered approaches to strengthen relationships and self-understanding. People meet practical goals such as managing panic, improving sleep routines, reducing substance use, or handling workplace stress.
Patricia often teaches breathing and grounding skills, mood-tracking habits, and step-by-step behavior changes that fit daily life. She encourages small experiments that help test what works. Therapy is collaborative and paced to each person's needs.
Patricia reviews progress regularly and adjusts strategies if something isn’t helping. She aims for clear, measurable steps so people can notice change between sessions.
Therapeutic approaches that translate well to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then commit to actions that match their values. It’s often used when anxiety, depression, or life transitions make it hard to move forward. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful thinking and build new routines. CBT can be useful for panic, sleep problems, and mood regulation. Dialectical Behavior Therapy emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills and can help with strong emotional reactivity and impulsive behavior.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Patricia collaborates with each person to choose and adapt methods based on goals, day-to-day demands, and what feels most helpful. She reviews progress and shifts strategies when needed so the plan stays practical and relevant.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different lives and schedules. Video lets people work face to face when they prefer that connection. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone needs a short check-in. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief updates, homework, or ongoing coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care while balancing work, caregiving, or health-related challenges.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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