About Patrick
Patrick Scally uses a client-centered style to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and grief. He blends practical tools with an understanding approach. He has long experience and aims to make sessions clear and down-to-earth.
Patrick is a medical doctor - MD - and also holds LCSW-C, a clinical social work credential. He brings fifty years of professional experience to his practice in Maryland. He focuses on real life problems such as low motivation, sleep struggles, addictions, and trouble with intimacy.
How Patrick works
His work often addresses how past hurts and trauma show up now. He talks through patterns that affect relationships, self-esteem, and coping. He uses conversational approaches alongside structured techniques when helpful so people leave a session with something to try.
Patrick adapts his plan to each person and values client input at every step. He also draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to change unhelpful thinking and on mindfulness to help people notice what is happening in the moment. Motivational interviewing and psychodynamic perspectives inform how he approaches motivation and deeper themes.
He supports people making big life changes, facing career stress, parenting challenges, or the strain of caregiving. Sessions aim to build practical skills, steady coping, and clearer choices. Patrick explains options plainly and works at a pace that fits each person.
Patrick lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Patrick works with
The areas below are the ones Patrick selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | MD, LCSW-C |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 50 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Maryland |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches that adapt to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's concerns. It emphasizes respect and collaboration so sessions address what matters most to the client and build a treatment plan together.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, teaches straightforward skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and many everyday struggles because it gives practical exercises to try between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work with the person to choose methods that match goals, needs, and preferences. That means trying techniques, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a fuller interaction is helpful. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be easier on days when being on camera is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, coaching-style work, or ongoing reminders between longer sessions.
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