About Patricia
Patricia Presley is a licensed clinical social worker who brings five years of practice to her work with people facing stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, and depression. She leans on straightforward conversation and practical steps to help people manage life changes and move toward brighter days. She treats each person as the expert on their own life.
Sessions focus on identifying strengths and using them to address problems such as motivation struggles, addictive behaviors, and relationship concerns.
Background and approach
Patricia aims to make the first steps feel doable rather than overwhelming. Her approach is collaborative and goal-oriented. She listens for what matters most and helps people try different coping skills in ways that fit day-to-day life.
That might include testing small habit changes, practicing new ways of thinking, or learning tools to tolerate strong feelings. Patricia also brings attention to longer-term life questions. People often seek her support around career choices, caregiver stress, aging and geriatric issues, and finding a sense of purpose after major life shifts.
She helps sort through complicated emotions tied to divorce, infidelity, and bereavement. In sessions she uses methods from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and client-centered work to tailor practical strategies. Patricia holds an LCSW license and works with adults in Illinois.
Her style is warm, direct, and steady, focused on helping people make manageable changes that add up over time.
Using focused approaches in online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then take action that aligns with their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and when someone wants clearer direction in life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect; it offers practical exercises to shift unhelpful thinking and change behaviors that keep problems going.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Patricia will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and daily life. She starts by listening to the immediate concern, then suggests techniques to try and checks in to see what helps most.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a longer discussion is needed. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging let people share updates or use brief coping supports between longer meetings.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Missouri, Illinois
- Languages
- English