About Patty
Patty Seahlaigh is a licensed professional counselor in Missouri with 26 years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship strain, and struggles with addiction. Her style is calm and direct, aimed at helping people get daily relief and clearer direction.
Patty builds a steady space where people can talk about painful events and confusing feelings. She helps clients name what is happening, try small changes, and notice what works.
How Patty works
Sessions often include straightforward skills people can use between meetings to manage mood and stress. Her background covers a wide range of concerns such as grief, parenting challenges, anger, self-esteem, career shifts, bipolar mood concerns, and coping with life changes. She also works with issues tied to adoption and foster care, attachment difficulties, autism and Asperger syndrome, blended family dynamics, and codependency.
Patty draws on clinical approaches that match the problem at hand rather than a single method. Patty uses tools from acceptance and commitment approaches, cognitive behavioral ideas, attachment-based thinking, client-centered listening, and motivational interviewing. She explains techniques in plain language and helps people practice them in real situations.
The aim is better day-to-day functioning, improved communication, and clearer personal goals. People coming for help find a therapist who listens, teaches usable skills, and stays focused on practical change. Patty combines years of experience with an emphasis on small, steady progress and real-world problem solving.
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What Patty works with
The areas below are the ones Patty selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 26 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Missouri |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then taking steps that match your values. It can help with anxiety, depression, and stress by teaching people to act toward what matters despite difficult emotions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and offers concrete exercises to change unhelpful patterns. It is useful for anxiety, mood difficulties, and coping with life changes.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Patty works collaboratively with each person to choose methods that match their goals and daily life. She listens to what has or hasn't helped before and adjusts the plan as people try techniques in real situations.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video is helpful for face-to-face conversation and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in fits the schedule. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter, more frequent check-ins and written reflections people can revisit. These options help make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into work, caregiving, or other routines.
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