About Patricia
Patricia Whatley is a licensed clinical social worker who uses practical, evidence-informed methods to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem. She keeps sessions straightforward and focused on real-life goals. Patricia often centers work on coping with life changes and improving social confidence.
Patricia draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and mindfulness to tailor sessions to a person's needs. She helps people notice unhelpful patterns, test new ways of responding, and build small, useful habits.
How Patricia works
Sessions include skill practice and real-world action steps rather than only talk. Her practice also addresses communication problems, forgiveness, guilt and shame, and questions of life purpose and self-love. Patricia encourages people to break issues into manageable steps and to try practical strategies between appointments.
She emphasizes strengths while also naming patterns that get in the way. With five years of clinical experience as an LCSW and CSW in Georgia, Patricia blends empathy with structure. She explains techniques clearly and helps people track progress.
The work is collaborative and paced to each person's comfort. Patricia offers several ways to connect, including video, phone, live chat, and text messaging. People who want therapy can expect a calm, straightforward approach that focuses on skills, values, and steady improvement.
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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.
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Training and background
| Registers | LCSW, CSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Georgia |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values while learning to notice difficult thoughts and feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and low mood. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase awareness in day-to-day life.Finding the best approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences, and what works in sessions, then try approaches that fit. That way the plan stays collaborative and can be adjusted if something doesn’t feel like a good match.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into life. Video is useful for a full conversation and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let people send short updates, try brief interventions between sessions, or check in when a quick note feels most helpful.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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