About Patricia
Patricia Pena is a bilingual clinician who speaks English and Spanish. She is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, based in California with 26 years of experience. She helps people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, or relationship strains.
She also supports concerns around parenting, abandonment, and social anxiety. Patricia keeps conversations straightforward and respectful. She listens first and then works with each person to set small, concrete goals.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on skills you can use between meetings and on noticing what gets in the way of feeling better. Her approach draws from several methods to match what each person needs. She uses client-centered listening to understand your priorities and then adds tools from cognitive behavioral work to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
She can also bring mindfulness skills and techniques for managing intense emotions when needed. Patricia has a long career helping people through mood shifts, parenting stress, and communication problems. She tailors the plan to your specific situation instead of using a one-size-fits-all program.
Many clients work on practical steps for daily life, rebuilding self-love, or repairing how they relate to others. If you prefer Spanish conversations, she offers bilingual sessions. The initial steps are simple: answer a short questionnaire, then schedule sessions based on availability.
Patricia aims to make the work feel manageable and useful from the first meeting.
Approaches used in online care and what they do
Client-centered work focuses on listening and understanding what matters to you. The therapist follows your lead, helps set priorities, and builds a plan that fits your life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and actions affect mood and teaches practical steps to shift unhelpful patterns. CBT is useful for anxiety, low mood, and social worry. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers skills for managing strong emotions and improving communication. DBT skills can help when feelings feel overwhelming or relationships feel stuck.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will discuss your goals and preferences and then choose or mix methods with you. This is a collaborative process so you can try strategies and adjust them if they do not fit.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls let you have a face-to-face conversation from wherever you are. Phone sessions can work better when a quieter space is easier to find. Live chat and text messaging allow shorter check-ins and ongoing connection between meetings. These options help fit care into work, family time, or other obligations without losing focus on progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 26 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Spanish