About Patricia
Dr. Patricia Brawley helps people who are worn down by stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, depression, addiction, or big life changes. She works with concerns like relationship and intimacy issues, body image and eating issues, sleep problems, anger, low self-esteem, career worries, bipolar and mood disorders, and issues related to military service.
Her practice also addresses abandonment, forgiveness, first responder issues, and seasonal shifts in mood. She brings 35 years of experience as a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Mississippi.
Background and approach
Sessions combine listening and practical steps. The goal is to find workable ways forward, not quick fixes. Dr.
Brawley uses creative approaches, such as writing, movies, and poetry, to make the work feel personal. Her style is warm and exploratory. She helps people notice patterns, name what matters, and try small changes.
Techniques include mindfulness exercises, narrative work, and ideas from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and action. Jungian ideas and existential questions may appear for people who want deeper meaning work. Therapy may include journaling, guided imagery, dream reflection, or short skill practices between sessions.
Conversations are tailored to what a person brings, whether it is coping with loss, processing trauma, or breaking a destructive habit. Dr. Brawley frames therapy as a collaborative investigation into what will actually help in daily life.
If someone wants straightforward support and creative ways to solve persistent problems, she invites them to explore options and set practical goals together.
Approaches that work well online and in conversation
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters to you and taking small, values-based actions. It helps when worry or avoidance gets in the way of living the life a person wants. Client-Centered Therapy centers on the person in the room and uses empathetic listening to help people feel heard and make their own choices. It is useful for building self-trust and working through shame or low self-esteem.Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will work together with the person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. That might mean starting with mindfulness practices, trying narrative exercises, or mixing creative arts with practical skill-building as the needs evolve.
Online formats - video, phone, live chat, and text messaging - make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video allows face-to-face conversation for deeper discussion, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat offers a quick check-in option, and text messaging supports brief reflections or journaling between sessions. These options give flexibility so people can keep working on goals even when schedules are tight or travel is involved.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- Mississippi
- Languages
- English