About Patricia
Patricia Wilson is a licensed clinical social worker in California with 35 years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, anger, depression, bipolar disorder, and attention concerns. Patricia speaks English and approaches each person with respect for their life story and strengths.
She believes clients are experts in their own experience and builds on what already works. Sessions are practical and goal-oriented while staying flexible to each person's pace.
Background and approach
Patricia listens for patterns that contribute to mood shifts and everyday struggles, then suggests steps to test and adjust those habits. Patricia uses short-term tools and deeper exploration together. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify thoughts and behaviors that maintain distress.
Psychodynamic ideas look at long-standing feelings and relationships that shape current reactions. She also draws on Client-Centered and Solution-Focused methods to keep work collaborative and forward-moving. In sessions she offers concrete exercises, simple behavior changes, and chances to talk through painful memories.
The aim is clearer thinking, steadier moods, and more reliable coping skills. She supports people who want practical change and greater emotional understanding. Her practice includes phone and video appointments plus live chat and text-based messaging for check-ins or brief work between sessions.
Patricia encourages taking small steps and matching therapy to each person’s needs and schedule.
Therapeutic approaches that work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and working at the client’s pace. The therapist provides a supportive, nonjudgmental space and follows the client’s lead to help them make sense of their experience and find their own solutions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and actions keep problems going. It uses clear exercises and small behavior changes to reduce anxiety, manage mood swings, and improve daily functioning.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that fit their goals and preferences. That might mean starting with CBT exercises, then adding deeper psychodynamic discussion if helpful, or sticking with client-centered pacing throughout.
Online therapy makes these approaches easier to access. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a visual connection helps. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be a good option for a focused check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief updates, homework, or steady support between sessions. Together these options give flexibility so therapy can fit around work, family, and daily life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Anger management
Also works with
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English