- Years in practice
- 26
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Grief
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Patricia
Patricia Childress is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 26 years of experience. She offers calm, practical support when life feels messy and overwhelming. She welcomes straightforward conversations and helps people name what they are feeling.
Patricia aims to create a plan that fits each person's situation and goals. Patricia draws on a mix of client-centered work and evidence-informed strategies to help people manage stress, anxiety, and grief. She uses clear, short-term goals so progress can be tracked and adjusted.
Background and approach
Sessions emphasize practical tools you can try between meetings. She has long experience with parenting topics and with a wide range of related concerns, including relationship strains, self-esteem, sleep problems, and coping with life changes. Patricia also works with issues such as trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, and ADHD, and she understands how these challenges can affect daily life and family dynamics.
Her approach is interactive and supportive. She listens first, then helps people set solution-focused steps to test and refine. Patricia balances emotional support with skills practice so people leave sessions with concrete ideas to try.
Patricia offers sessions in English and works with people across Florida and beyond. She accepts international clients and uses a mix of video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
What Patricia works with
Everything Patricia lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Patricia helps people with.
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Patricia lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Patricia combines client-centered listening with focused techniques to help people manage real problems. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's own goals and experience, so sessions begin with listening and reflecting to help clarify what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical exercises to change patterns that contribute to anxiety, low mood, sleep problems, or parenting stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Patricia will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean trying CBT tools for sleep or anxiety, or using a client-centered check-in to set short-term, testable goals. The plan is adjusted as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video sessions let people keep a face-to-face rhythm without travel. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in fits a busy day. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick check-ins, brief skills coaching, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options help people fit therapy into work, school, and family life while using approaches that support everyday change.
Questions people ask about Patricia
What concerns does Patricia commonly address
She focuses on issues like relationship strain, grief, anxiety, depression, stress, parenting, self-esteem, sleeping problems, trauma and abuse, and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapeutic style like
Her style is interactive and client-centered with practical steps. She uses short-term, solution-focused goals alongside skills practice.
How much clinical experience does she have
Patricia brings 26 years of clinical experience to her practice, working across a broad range of concerns and settings.
What credentials and region apply to her practice
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with the credential LCSW and practices from Florida.
Which languages are supported for sessions
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available
Sessions can be video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different preferences.
How is cost handled for sessions
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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