About Patricia
Patricia Van de Vyver is a licensed master social worker who focuses on practical support for anxiety and related struggles. She offers a calm, nonjudgmental presence and helps people identify small steps toward feeling better. Patricia uses a straightforward style and adapts sessions to each persons needs.
With five years of practice, she has worked with people facing stress, depression, panic, and grief. She also helps with addiction concerns, sleep problems, ADHD, and issues around self-esteem and social anxiety.
Background and approach
Patricia addresses life transitions, career questions, and challenges tied to family of origin and relationships. In sessions she combines client-centered listening with tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. That means she balances close listening with practical skills you can try between appointments.
Motivational interviewing and psychodynamic ideas are also part of her approach when helpful. Patricia aims to tailor the pace and focus to each person. She helps clients set realistic goals, test strategies, and track progress over time.
Conversations are intended to be clear and usable rather than full of jargon. She provides flexible scheduling from her Michigan practice and offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Patricia will work with you to find session formats and rhythms that fit your life and current needs.
Online approaches that combine listening and skills
Patricia uses client-centered therapy to make sure sessions start with what matters most to the person. That approach emphasizes attentive listening and shaping the work around each individual's goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, provides clear strategies to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and can be useful for anxiety, panic, and mood concerns.Choosing a therapeutic approach is a collaborative process. Patricia discusses options with each person and tailors the mix of methods based on goals, preferences, and how someone responds. She checks in regularly and adjusts techniques as progress is made.
Online therapy can make it easier to fit care into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, skill practice, and flexible communication between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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