About Anthony
Anthony Patterson is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 38 years of experience. He practices in New York and focuses on helping people who are dealing with trauma, relationship struggles, anger, and self-esteem issues. He also supports those navigating questions about sexuality and LGBT concerns.
Anthony uses a trauma-informed outlook and draws on evidence-based techniques to help people feel steadier. Sessions are straightforward and practical. He talks with clients about how past experiences shape current reactions and works on skills to manage intense feelings.
How Anthony works
He pays close attention to how attachment and abandonment wounds affect relationships. He helps people improve communication, handle power struggles, and rebuild trust after separation or infidelity. Work with him can involve looking at guilt, shame, forgiveness, and life purpose as part of healing.
Anthony has long experience leading individual, couples, and group work. He supports men working through identity and role questions and helps people address workplace stress and financial worries that affect mental health. Mood problems, social anxiety, and sexual concerns are also within his focus.
His approach is collaborative. He aims to make sessions a place to try out new ways of speaking and reacting. Practical tools and steady support are central to his style, with attention to each person's goals and pace.
What Anthony works with
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Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 38 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches for online healing
Anthony often uses trauma-focused methods that help people process overwhelming memories and reduce their emotional impact. These techniques guide a person to notice bodily reactions and slowly work through difficult experiences so daily functioning improves.He also draws on relationship-focused tools that target communication and attachment patterns. Those approaches help people notice repetitive interactions, learn new ways to speak about needs, and reduce power struggles in close relationships.
Choosing the right approach is a shared decision. The therapist discusses goals, preferences, and what feels manageable, then adjusts methods as the work unfolds. That collaborative stance helps clients try techniques at a comfortable pace and change course when needed.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people read facial cues and do deeper work, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a work break, and live chat or text messaging work well for quick check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These formats make it easier to keep continuity of care and to schedule appointments around busy lives.
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