About Patricia
Patricia Hawkins brings 25 years of experience in mental health to her work. She began in Assertive Community Treatment, moved into case management, and for the past decade has focused on mental health therapy. Patricia holds a master's degree in counseling and psychology from Michigan State University and practices as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Michigan.
She focuses on helping people who are coping with both mental health and addiction concerns.
Background and approach
Her style is practical and collaborative. She builds treatment plans with each person, matching methods to learning style and goals. Sessions aim to identify problems, try small changes, and measure progress in everyday life.
Patricia commonly works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, and self-esteem struggles. She also supports people dealing with addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, sleep problems, parenting stress, career transitions, and life changes such as divorce or midlife shifts. She uses a mix of client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, mindfulness practices, and motivational interviewing.
Those approaches are used in simple, concrete ways so people can try tools between sessions. Clients can expect a collaborative, solution-focused atmosphere. Patricia aims to help people develop practical coping skills, clearer communication, and steps toward healthier daily routines.
The focus is on what helps someone feel and function better in real life.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Patricia uses client-centered therapy to focus on the person's own goals and strengths. This approach involves listening closely, reflecting what matters to the client, and shaping sessions around their pace and priorities. It helps people who want a collaborative, respectful space to work through problems.She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which breaks big problems into specific thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. CBT offers practical tools such as tracking patterns and trying small behavior changes between sessions, which can be practiced and reviewed during video or messaging formats.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. Patricia will discuss goals, try techniques, and adjust methods based on what seems most helpful. Clients and the therapist decide together which strategies to keep using.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues for coaching and skills practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text sessions can suit quick check-ins, brief coaching, or people who prefer writing to talking. These options help fit therapy into work, family, and travel schedules while keeping the focus on progress and practical skill-building.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Anger management
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English