About Patricia
Patricia Palmer is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Michigan with 15 years of experience. She works with people facing anxiety, stress, depression, and life transitions. Patricia takes a strengths-based approach and focuses on helping people find more balance and calm in daily life.
She uses straightforward, practical strategies in sessions. Patricia blends evidence-informed methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques and emotion-focused work to help clients manage unwanted thoughts and feelings.
Background and approach
She also uses acceptance strategies and skills training when helpful. Patricia has a flexible style that aims to meet people where they are. Sessions often include learning new skills, practicing them between meetings, and talking through the challenges that get in the way of change.
She emphasizes building small, sustainable steps toward better coping. Her background includes work in a range of settings across her career, giving her experience with varied life concerns. Patricia supports people dealing with trauma, caregiver stress, relationship and communication problems, parenting strain, career questions, and issues like guilt, shame, isolation, and purpose.
People who choose Patricia can expect a calm, encouraging presence and a focus on usable tools. She helps clients set goals and notices progress along the way. Patricia aims to help people reclaim a sense of control and move toward days that feel more manageable and meaningful.
Approaches and online support for real life struggles
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then move toward actions that match their values. This approach can be useful for anxiety, avoidance, and finding clearer purpose.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, panic, and depressive symptoms to teach practical coping skills.
Patricia works collaboratively to find the best approach for each person. She will discuss goals, preferences, and what techniques feel most useful, then adjust the plan as progress is made. Finding the right fit is part of the work together.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people use face-to-face talking and screen tools, phone can be a simpler option with lower bandwidth, and chat or messaging supports brief check-ins or ongoing coaching between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into workdays, caregiving schedules, or busy lives while keeping consistent momentum toward goals.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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