About Patricia
Patricia (Pat) La Plante is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Colorado with 31 years of clinical experience. She has worked in hospitals, independent practice, and multiple community agencies. Pat has extensive crisis counseling experience and a long history supporting people through grief and end-of-life concerns.
Pat helps people cope with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, and compassion fatigue. She also supports those navigating anger, self-esteem struggles, parenting challenges, eating concerns, career questions, and life changes.
How Patricia works
Additional focus areas include chronic pain and illness, caregiver stress, first responder issues, and post-traumatic stress. Her training includes a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Virginia Tech, a Master of Arts in Counseling, and a Master of Arts in Spiritual Formation. Pat also studied nutrition, which informed her earlier work with people dealing with eating disorders.
She began her Colorado LPC licensure in 1992 and brings decades of practice in crisis and community settings. In sessions Pat aims to walk alongside people as a guide and encourager rather than provide quick fixes. She talks through how current problems may have developed and helps clients identify practical steps forward.
The work often blends exploring emotions, examining thought patterns, and addressing relationship and family of origin issues. Clients can expect a collaborative approach that honors personal purpose and values. Pat draws on client-centered methods along with cognitive-behavioral and emotionally-focused ideas, and she sometimes uses Jungian perspectives when exploring meaning and personal stories.
She offers sessions in English and accepts international clients.
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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
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 31 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Colorado |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy places the person at the center of the work by listening deeply, reflecting feelings, and following the client's pace. This approach helps when someone needs acceptance, support, and space to name what matters most to them.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and introduces practical tools to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and managing stress with concrete skills such as thought records and behavioral experiments.
Finding the best approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist works collaboratively with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they may combine elements from different approaches and adjust the plan as progress unfolds.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone can be lower bandwidth and easier between errands, live chat supports focused check-ins, and text messaging helps keep continuity between sessions. These options make it easier to fit counseling into busy lives and to maintain steady progress over time.
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