Patricia "Tricia" Conlon, LMFT
Compassionate, practical therapy for parents
Explore online therapy options- Years in practice
- 24
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Patricia
Patricia "Tricia" Conlon is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 24 years of experience supporting people through relationship strain, parenting challenges, grief, trauma, anxiety, and major life changes. She practices in Florida and focuses on practical steps parents can use to handle stress, improve connection, and manage everyday struggles.
Tricia uses clear, down-to-earth language in sessions and aims to make therapy feel collaborative and doable. She draws on approaches like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address unhelpful thoughts and Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help partners reconnect.
Background and approach
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy skills are used when people want to align actions with their values while coping with hard feelings. Her background includes work across healthcare, non-profit, and academic settings and clinical roles in oncology, integrative medicine, psychiatry, substance abuse, and dementia services. That variety informs a practical, problem-solving focus in sessions.
She also spent a decade teaching virtual health sciences courses at the University of Phoenix. Tricia has provided dementia-related training through the University of South Florida and crisis intervention support for first responders and community organizations. Those experiences shape how she supports caregivers and people facing sudden loss or traumatic events.
Sessions are aimed at building skills parents can use right away - communication strategies, managing anxiety, handling blended family stress, and working through attachment concerns. She helps people set realistic goals and practice new behaviors between sessions.
Clients who prefer an integrative approach will find her interest in combining mind and body work relevant, as she continues to pursue further integrative mental health training and expands her work in wellness-oriented techniques.
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
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Patricia lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
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 that fit family life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings and still act toward what matters to them; it often helps with anxiety, grief, and parenting stress. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early patterns affect current relationships and can guide work on closeness, boundaries, and family dynamics. Emotionally-Focused Therapy focuses on emotions in relationships and can help partners rebuild connection and handle intimacy-related issues.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, needs, and preferences and then try methods that match those priorities. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions to what actually helps a parent or partner in day-to-day life.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when schedules permit, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during a short break, live chat is useful for quick check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing, brief reflections between meetings. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around parenting duties and work commitments.
Questions people ask about Patricia
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She helps with relationship strain, parenting challenges, trauma and abuse, grief, anxiety, depression, stress, addictions, and related issues like attachment or blended family problems.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Her approach is collaborative and practical, focusing on clear skills, communication strategies, and steps people can try between sessions.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has 24 years of clinical experience across healthcare, non-profit, and academic settings, including work in oncology, integrative medicine, psychiatry, substance abuse, and dementia services.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - LMFT - licensed in Florida and practices there.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as different ways to connect.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model 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 schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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