About Patricia
Patricia Wornum is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in Massachusetts. She focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, mood concerns, and addictive behaviors. She aims to make the first step toward change feel manageable and supported.
Patricia creates a calm, nonjudgmental setting where people can talk through difficult feelings. Sessions are meant to let clients name worries and try practical ways to cope. She emphasizes steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Background and approach
Over about a decade in practice, Patricia has worked with a broad range of concerns. These include family and relationship tensions, parenting stress, grief or life transitions, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people facing issues such as panic, trauma responses, and problems with substance use.
Her approach is grounded in evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear strategies and skills. Sessions typically include conversation, problem-solving, and tools people can practice between meetings. The aim is to build stronger coping skills and clearer thinking about next steps.
Patricia offers several online formats to fit different needs. She speaks English and practices in Massachusetts. People ready to begin will find a straightforward process for matching and scheduling.
How therapeutic approaches meet online care
Patricia uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills and practical changes. One approach she uses teaches coping and relaxation skills to reduce anxiety and panic symptoms; it helps people notice triggers and practice ways to calm their body and thoughts. Another approach emphasizes addressing patterns in mood and behavior, helping people spot unhelpful thinking and try alternative responses to lift mood and reduce repetitive worry.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Patricia works with each person to identify symptoms, goals, and what feels manageable. Together they try methods and adjust them based on what helps most in day-to-day life.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation when a deeper check-in is needed. Phone appointments can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat and text messaging make short updates, skill practice, or check-ins possible between longer sessions. These options can fit work schedules, family routines, or different comfort levels with being on camera.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Massachusetts
- Languages
- English
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