About Patricia
Patricia Donovan is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who draws on two decades of practice to help people facing stress, anxiety, grief, and relationship or family challenges. She uses straightforward conversation to help clients name problems and find workable steps forward. Patricia keeps sessions focused and practical so people can make changes that fit their daily lives.
Patricia combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and client-centered listening to guide sessions.
Background and approach
She helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, connect to their values, and try new behaviors that match what matters to them. Sessions often include goal-setting and simple exercises to practice between meetings. Her background includes a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and sociology and a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Indiana University.
Patricia notes twenty years of experience in clinical practice and holds a Texas LCSW license, number 57131. She also brings personal experience as a wife, mother, and grandmother to her work, which shapes a practical, empathetic style. Patricia supports people dealing with parenting and family problems, codependency, intimacy and sexual issues, anger, and self-esteem concerns.
She also helps those coping with trauma, bipolar disorder, depression, career stress, and major life transitions. The approach aims to be strengths-focused and solution-oriented to help people move forward. Sessions are offered in English and provided through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Patricia uses a subscription session model that can be canceled at any time, and scheduling follows the platform matching process.
Approach and online session options
Patricia uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify what matters most and take small steps toward those values. ACT often helps with anxiety, grief, and life transitions by focusing on committed action rather than trying to eliminate difficult thoughts.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot and shift unhelpful thinking patterns. CBT offers concrete tools for managing mood, stress, and relationship-related thought traps.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then suggest which methods to try first. Adjustments are made over time based on what’s working and what feels right for the client.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video is useful for deeper conversational work, while phone calls can fit a busy schedule or require less bandwidth. Live chat and messaging are handy for brief check-ins, homework review, or when someone prefers typed communication. These formats allow people to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel routines while still keeping sessions focused on progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English