Patricia Bartley

Patricia Bartley is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor with 22 years of experience helping people through stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, grief, and low self-esteem. She focuses on easing isolation and loneliness while guiding clients toward greater self-compassion and connection. Her tone is warm and direct, and she encourages practical steps that fit into everyday life.

Patricia uses a client-centered style that keeps the person’s goals at the center of each session. She draws on mindfulness to help people notice thoughts and feelings without getting swept away by them. She also works with patterns of attachment and communication that often underlie repeated relationship challenges.

In sessions she talks through feelings, challenging thoughts, and the small behaviors that keep problems going. She helps people practice new ways of relating, forgiving themselves, and reclaiming a sense of purpose. Panic symptoms, mood shifts, postpartum changes, and seasonal affective patterns are part of her clinical focus.

Her work also attends to issues tied to family of origin, guilt and shame, abandonment wounds, and military-related concerns for veterans and armed forces family members. Patricia frames therapy as a collaborative process and aims to be straightforward and compassionate while clients try out different tools.

Clients can expect an honest, respectful approach that balances feeling-based exploration with concrete strategies. Patricia invites people to bring what matters most and to take small steps toward more satisfying relationships and steadier moods.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Patricia often uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships influence current patterns. This approach helps people notice how they relate to others and practice new ways of connecting when loneliness or abandonment worries come up.

She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with small behavioral experiments. CBT is useful for anxiety, panic symptoms, depressive thinking, and daily coping skills.

Choosing an approach is a team effort. Patricia works with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit their situation, and adjust as needed. She emphasizes collaboration so the plan reflects the client's needs, pace, and preferences.

Confirm the available session options before booking, as current formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, limit travel time, or have shorter check-ins when a full in-person visit isn't possible. Many people find that remote sessions help them stay consistent with care while they practice new ways of relating and managing mood.