- Warm interactive style
- Practical coping skills
- 25 years experience
About Patricia
Patricia Nelson is a licensed clinical social worker who brings 25 years of practice to her therapeutic work in New York. She offers a warm, interactive approach and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, and relationship concerns. Patricia listens carefully and adapts sessions to each person's needs.
She combines client-centered methods with practical cognitive-behavioral tools and mindfulness techniques. This mix helps people notice unhelpful patterns, try small changes, and build skills for daily life. Patricia also uses elements of dialectical behavior therapy and motivational interviewing when helpful.
Many clients come for help after trauma, emotional abuse, or major life changes. She also supports those coping with parenting strain, caregiving stress, grief, and challenges related to identity and intimacy. Codependency, communication problems, and career stress are included among her focus areas.
Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Patricia works to create clear steps and homework you can use between meetings. She aims to be respectful, direct, and encouraging while adapting pace to each person.
Patricia draws on long experience across clinical and coaching roles. She helps people set priorities, practice new responses, and track progress. If someone is ready to make a change, she offers steady support through that process.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding each person's experience and responding with empathy and respect. It helps people feel heard and clarifies what they want to change, which can make other techniques more useful.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions link together. Sessions use straightforward exercises to identify unhelpful thinking and practice different behaviors that reduce anxiety, improve mood, or address sleep and eating concerns.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, known as DBT, teaches practical skills for managing strong emotions, improving distress tolerance, and communicating more effectively. It can be useful for anger, relationship challenges, and intense mood swings.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Patricia will discuss options and tailor methods to a person's goals, needs, and preferences in collaboration with them. The plan may change as progress is made.
Confirm the current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make scheduling easier, reduce time spent traveling, and let people fit sessions into a busy week. It also allows for shorter check-ins or video conversations that focus on practical skill practice and homework between meetings.
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Experience
25+ years
Credentials
New York, California, New York
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Patricia often address?
She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, grief, parenting and caregiving stress, and codependency.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm and interactive, blending client-centered listening with practical methods like CBT, DBT, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to set clear goals and steps.
What kind of experience does she bring?
She has 25 years of experience as a psychotherapist and life coach, working with people facing trauma, addiction, mood concerns, and life transitions.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds New York Licensed Clinical Social Worker credentials listed as LCSW and LCSW-R and practices from New York.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does billing and cost work?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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