About Patricia
Patricia Presley is a licensed clinical social worker with five years of practice experience. She works from Illinois and supports people facing stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and struggles with motivation. She helps clients sort through life changes and challenges by focusing on practical steps and personal strengths.
Patricia believes people are the experts on their own stories. She uses that perspective to build a plan that fits each person’s situation.
How Patricia works
Sessions focus on what matters to the client and on small changes that add up over time. Her approach draws on methods that help with thoughts, emotions, and behavior. She often uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking patterns.
She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice what matters and take committed steps toward those values. Client-Centered Therapy guides how she listens and responds in sessions. That means meeting people where they are, offering empathy, and adjusting to their pace.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills may be used when people need tools for emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Patricia works with a wide range of concerns including relationship and family stress, career questions, addictions, LGBT issues, caregiver strain, first responder stress, and end-of-life or hospice concerns. She addresses attachment and blended family issues, divorce and separation, and feelings of emptiness or guilt.
Sessions are available in English and can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. To start, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules a time based on therapist availability.
Patricia lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Patricia works with
The areas below are the ones Patricia selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Patricia commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in online sessions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice their thoughts and choose actions that match their values instead of getting stuck in avoidance. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and trying new behaviors to change mood and stress.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Patricia works with each person to decide which methods best fit their goals, needs, and day-to-day life. She adjusts techniques over time so the work stays relevant and practical.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video calls allow fuller face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging are useful for brief check-ins or when scheduling needs are tight. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules and let people continue regular contact with a licensed professional from different settings.
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