About Patricia
Patricia Gonzales is a licensed clinical social worker in New Mexico with 16 years of experience. She works in both English and Spanish and focuses on helping people who are dealing with anxiety, depression, stress, and relationship or intimacy-related concerns. Patricia aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can talk about what matters most to them.
Her main way of working is collaborative and person-focused. She listens for a person's strengths and life story.
Background and approach
Then she helps build practical steps to reduce distress and improve daily routines. Sessions may include looking at thinking patterns, testing small changes, and telling the story of what brought someone here so they can move forward. Patricia also supports people facing parenting strain, sleep difficulties, anger, and low self-esteem.
She works with those handling big life changes, compassion fatigue, and attention-related challenges. Other concerns she has helped with include obsessive thoughts, panic attacks, postpartum depression, and issues that come up around infidelity or jealousy. Her approach draws from client-centered methods, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and solution-focused strategies.
Patricia often uses motivational interviewing and narrative techniques to help people clarify goals and stay motivated. She aims for simple, doable steps rather than overwhelming plans. People choose her for practical guidance and steady support through tough moments.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire is used so scheduling can follow the person's needs and timing.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Patricia commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy in online sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and try small, practical changes to feel better. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely, honoring each person's experience, and working from the strengths the person already has.She also draws on Motivational Interviewing when people want help finding momentum for change. That approach uses respectful questions and reflection to strengthen a person's own reasons for making changes. Choosing which methods to use is a collaborative process; the therapist will discuss options and tailor the plan to fit the person's needs, goals, and preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which offer different practical benefits. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can work when you have limited bandwidth or prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging allow for brief check-ins, quick problem-solving, and flexibility during a busy day. These options make it easier to fit therapy into daily life while keeping a steady therapeutic path.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- New Mexico
- Languages
- English, Spanish