About Patricia
Patricia Brickman is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who has provided direct therapy for three years. She trained in counseling psychology and has worked across inpatient, residential, and community outpatient settings. Patricia mainly works with adults and focuses on practical steps people can use every day.
She sees stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship challenges frequently. She also supports people dealing with eating and body image concerns, parenting stress, postpartum issues, grief, and trauma.
Background and approach
Patricia helps clients who are navigating life changes, career questions, or struggles with mood and self-esteem. Her approach centers on the client. She listens first and helps people name what matters most to them.
Sessions often include emotion-focused work to identify and shift patterns that keep someone stuck. Patricia also draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to change difficult thoughts and DBT skills to manage strong emotions. Attachment-based ideas guide work around relationship patterns and intimacy concerns.
She combines these methods to build practical tools for daily life. Patricia practices in Washington as an LMHC - Licensed Mental Health Counselor. She uses straightforward language in sessions and plans small steps clients can try between meetings.
Many people come for short-term coping skills or longer work on deeper patterns. Her background in inpatient and residential care informs a calm, steady style. Patricia aims to make therapy understandable and usable so clients leave sessions with clear next steps.
Approach-driven care brought online
Patricia uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early patterns shape current relationships and intimacy. This work helps people spot repeating patterns and try new ways of relating that feel safer and more satisfying.She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy to keep the work focused on each person's goals. That means sessions begin with listening and validating, then move toward practical steps the client wants to take. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, when used, targets unhelpful thoughts and builds new coping habits for anxiety, mood, and stress.
Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Patricia will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their needs and preferences. She checks in regularly and adjusts plans based on what helps most in day-to-day life.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions work well for in-depth conversation and emotional work. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quicker check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow shorter touchpoints, skill practice, and ongoing support between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep progress moving forward.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Washington
- Languages
- English