About Chiquita
Chiquita Patterson is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor who brings 11 years of experience to online work from North Carolina. She uses practical, down-to-earth language and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. She also supports people facing trauma, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, addiction, and parenting strains.
Her style is interactive and relatable. Sessions focus on real problems and clear steps people can try between meetings.
How Chiquita works
She blends cognitive-behavioral techniques, mindfulness, and solution-focused strategies to build skills and find workable options. Patterson draws on experience across outpatient services and programs for young adults. That background shapes a straightforward approach to common struggles like attention challenges, eating or sleeping issues, and career stress.
She also has experience with sexual assault, domestic violence, blended family problems, and commitment concerns. Therapy typically involves talking through thoughts and behaviors, practicing mindfulness exercises, and setting small goals. She avoids stigmatizing labels and treats people with respect and compassion.
Sessions are tailored to each person’s needs and paced to what they can manage. For people wanting help sorting priorities, coping with change, or rebuilding after trauma, Patterson offers practical guidance and steady support. She encourages clients to try simple, measurable steps and adjusts the plan as they progress.
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What Chiquita works with
The areas below are the ones Chiquita selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family problems
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Registers | LPC, LCMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Online support options
How CBT, Mindfulness, and Solution-Focused Work Online
Chiquita uses cognitive-behavioral techniques to help people notice and change unhelpful thought and behavior patterns. CBT sessions often include identifying specific thoughts, trying small behavioral experiments, and tracking progress between meetings to reduce anxiety or mood symptoms.Mindfulness therapy focuses on present-moment awareness and simple exercises to calm the mind and reduce rumination. These practices can help with sleep problems, stress, and managing strong emotions by teaching short, repeatable skills.
Solution-focused therapy centers on what a person wants to achieve now and next. It emphasizes clear, small goals and practical steps that build momentum and highlight what is already working.
Finding the right mix of techniques is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose approaches that match their goals, needs, and daily life. This lets the plan change as progress is made and priorities shift.
Online sessions via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging make therapy easier to fit into busy schedules. Video is useful for deeper conversation and interactive exercises, phone can be a simpler check-in when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text work well for brief updates or ongoing coaching between sessions. These options give flexibility while keeping the focus on practical steps and steady progress.
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