About Patricia
Patricia Godwin is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and career concerns. She also supports those dealing with grief, trauma, addictions, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Her tone is warm and straightforward, aimed at people who want practical change rather than labels.
Patricia uses a conversational style in sessions. She listens first, then helps clients set small, doable goals. Conversations focus on what’s happening now and what can be tried between sessions to make life feel better.
Background and approach
Her work draws on approaches such as Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address thinking patterns and emotions. She also uses the Gottman Method for relationship work and Motivational Interviewing when people want help making big changes. Solution-Focused Therapy helps keep sessions goal-oriented and forward moving.
With 25 years of clinical experience, Patricia has supported people through midlife transitions, caregiving and aging concerns, cancer and hospice issues, and the stress that comes with major life changes. She avoids stigmatizing labels and treats each person with respect and sensitivity. Sessions aim to be practical and collaborative.
Patricia helps clients identify what matters most, then creates a simple plan to get there. She encourages steady steps and checks in on progress over time.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building understanding. The therapist follows the client’s lead, reflects what she hears, and helps people find their own solutions; this approach fits worries about self-esteem, grief, or life purpose.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts affect feelings and behaviors. Sessions include practical exercises to test unhelpful thoughts and small actions to change patterns, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress.
Patricia treats the choice of approach as a team decision. She will review goals and preferences and recommend a blend of methods that match the issue at hand. Together they decide what to try first and how to measure progress.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people use visual cues and have a fuller conversation. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or be used when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, real-time coaching, or when someone prefers typing to talking. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Utah, Idaho
- Languages
- English