About Patricia
Patricia Wilkinson is a licensed independent clinical social worker (LICSW) in Massachusetts with 40 years of practice. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and major life changes. She aims to support clients who are trying to build coping skills and regain a sense of balance.
Patricia draws on practical methods to help people navigate relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strains, sleep problems, and career stress. She also supports those dealing with chronic illness, caregiving burden, bereavement, and identity questions such as LGBT concerns.
How Patricia works
Her work includes attention to ADHD, bipolar challenges, and compassion fatigue. Her style mixes talk-based exploration with problem-solving strategies. She uses client-centered work to follow each person's priorities.
Cognitive behavioral techniques help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. Patricia also brings psychodynamic ideas to understand long-running patterns from family of origin and life history. Solution-focused work helps set clear, short-term goals and track progress.
Internal Family Systems ideas can help people notice different inner parts and how they relate. Before independent practice, she spent decades as a medical social worker supporting young adults and adults through health and learning-style challenges. That background informs her approach to chronic illness, hospice and end-of-life concerns, and the stresses of caregiving.
She invites people to take the first step toward change by choosing collaborative work that builds empowerment and practical skills. Patricia aims to be an advocate for growth and real-life problem solving.
Patricia lists 5 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LICSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 40 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Massachusetts |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online work and what they do
Patricia commonly uses client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy to guide online sessions. Client-centered work focuses on listening closely and shaping sessions around what matters most to the person, which can help with emotional validation and building motivation. Cognitive behavioral therapy teaches practical skills to notice unhelpful thought patterns and try small behavior changes to reduce anxiety and improve mood.She also draws on psychodynamic ideas at times to look for repeating patterns that come from earlier relationships and life experiences. That approach can help explain why certain problems keep returning and open new options for change. Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process and can shift as therapy progresses.
The therapist will work with each person to find the best fit based on their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they identify short-term goals and the techniques that feel most useful, and they adjust the plan over time as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a session fits into a workday break. Live chat or text messaging can work well for brief check-ins, homework discussion, or when typing feels more comfortable. These options make therapy more flexible and accessible for different schedules and needs.
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