About Patricia
Patricia Wornum helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, or big life changes. She focuses on practical steps that make daily life easier. Patricia is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, practicing in Massachusetts with ten years of experience.
She often supports people dealing with addictions, mood struggles, and low self-esteem. Patricia also helps with parenting concerns, relationship and family tension, and the stress that follows trauma and abuse.
How Patricia works
She works with issues like panic attacks, grief around adoption and foster care, and challenges tied to pregnancy and childbirth. In sessions she aims to make a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can say what they think and feel. Conversations are direct and grounded in concrete goals.
Patricia pays attention to how problems show up in daily routines and relationships, then works on clear ways to change those patterns. Her approach includes looking at communication problems, addressing guilt and shame, and helping people rebuild self-love. She also focuses on coping skills for compassion fatigue and career-related stress.
The work tends to be collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. Patricia offers different ways to meet, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. She guides people through the first steps and helps them pick a plan that fits their life and goals.
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
- Addictions
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Massachusetts |
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Online support options
How evidence-based approaches translate to online care
Patricia uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical, moment-to-moment changes. One common approach she uses emphasizes learning coping skills to manage anxiety and panic attacks, like breathing, grounding, and stepwise exposure to feared situations. These skills help reduce intensity and make everyday tasks feel more doable.Another approach centers on addressing mood disorders and trauma-related symptoms by exploring how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. This work looks at unhelpful thought patterns, builds problem-solving strategies, and practices new ways of relating to difficult memories and emotions.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Patricia will talk with each person about their goals, daily challenges, and preferences, then test methods together and adjust based on what helps most. Therapy moves at a practical pace decided by the client and therapist.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care flexible. Video calls work well for full conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or for a focused check-in. Live chat and text messaging suit brief check-ins, between-session support, or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, parenting, or other routines.
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