About Patricia
Patricia Gillett is a licensed clinical social worker in Arizona with 18 years of practice. She supports people facing stress, anxiety, grief, addictions, trauma, relationship concerns, and self-esteem struggles. Patricia describes her approach as patient and compassionate, and she aims to make each session feel respectful and direct.
She adapts plans to each person’s needs. Sessions focus on practical steps as well as understanding patterns that keep problems going. Patricia draws on several methods to help clients change unhelpful thoughts and build coping skills.
Background and approach
Her work includes attention to life transitions, parenting challenges, attention-deficit concerns, and issues around intimacy. She also helps people dealing with career stress, burnout, chronic illness, and caregiving strain. There is experience addressing eating, sleeping, and motivation problems as well.
Patricia often uses mindfulness to calm the body and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques to challenge upsetting thoughts. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas to help people act on what matters, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotional regulation when needed. Sessions are tailored and collaborative.
Patricia aims to help people set clear goals and practice new skills between meetings. She emphasizes steady progress and practical tools that fit daily life.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions aligned with their values. It is often used for anxiety, low motivation, and coping with life change.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and many day-to-day struggles because it gives clear skills to practice between sessions.
Mindfulness Therapy involves simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and calm the nervous system. These techniques are often paired with other approaches to improve focus and emotional balance.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will help clients decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. Sessions are collaborative and adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people see facial cues and practice skills in real time. Phone calls can be a good option when bandwidth is low or when a session fits into a work break. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to check in between sessions and use short coaching moments as needed.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Arizona
- Languages
- English