About Patricia
Patricia (Pat) La Plante is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Colorado with 31 years of experience. She has worked in hospitals, independent practice, and community agencies, and she brings that broad background to sessions in straightforward, practical ways. Pat speaks English and accepts international clients who connect online or by phone.
Pat’s career began after a BA in Communications from Virginia Tech, followed by a Master of Arts in Counseling and a Master of Arts in Spiritual Formation.
Background and approach
A minor in nutrition informed her earlier work with people who had eating disorders. She has provided crisis counseling after hurricanes, mass shootings, natural disasters, and other community traumas. In session Pat aims to be a steady presence who listens closely and helps people name what they are facing.
She uses clear questions and reflective conversation to help clients see patterns and options. Her style is grounded and encouraging rather than clinical jargon or long lectures. Pat draws on several established approaches, including client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, emotionally focused ideas, and Jungian perspectives.
She applies these tools to common concerns such as anxiety, grief, depression, trauma, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and life transitions. When someone reaches out Pat focuses on practical next steps and realistic goals. She helps people sort through past influences and current stressors, then puts manageable actions in place.
The aim is steady progress toward greater calm, clearer choices, and a renewed sense of purpose.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Pat uses client-centered work to focus on each person's experience and values. This approach means sessions often begin with listening and following what matters most to the client, which can help with anxiety, grief, and finding direction.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. CBT offers concrete tools for managing worry, changing unhelpful thinking patterns, and building coping skills for stress and trauma-related symptoms.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Pat will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan over time based on progress and feedback.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video calls work well for in-depth conversation and visual connection, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat enables quick check-ins, and messaging supports brief updates or between-session contact. These options make it easier to keep consistent care while balancing work, caregiving, or other demands.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 31 years
- Licensed
- Colorado
- Languages
- English
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