About Patricia
Patricia Hewkin is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Missouri who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy concerns, and depression. She also supports those working through life changes and the emotional fallout that can come with them. Patricia writes plainly and listens first, helping people name what matters and what they want to change.
She believes each person knows their story best and brings strengths to the work.
Background and approach
Patricia focuses on building practical steps people can try between sessions. Sessions tend to include clear goals, time to talk through painful feelings, and straightforward strategies to manage day-to-day stress. Patricia has four years of professional experience in counseling.
That background includes supporting people with attachment and abandonment worries, communication and codependency patterns, and challenges around body image and self worth. She also helps clients facing divorce, blended family issues, money stress, and the special pressures some first responders experience. Her approach is collaborative and goal oriented.
Patricia aims to create a calm space for honest conversation and problem solving. She encourages small changes that add up to better coping and clearer relationships. Sessions are offered in English and take place through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
People start by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that works for them.
How evidence-based approaches work online
Patricia uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear steps and practical skills. One common approach helps people learn ways to manage anxiety and stressful thinking through short, structured exercises and practice. This method is useful for everyday worry, panic, and generalized anxiety that disrupt daily routines.Another approach centers on improving relationship and intimacy patterns by identifying communication habits and testing new ways of interacting. It helps people notice unhelpful cycles, try different responses, and build more satisfying connections over time.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Patricia works with each person to identify what matters most, set goals, and try methods that fit their needs and preferences. She reviews progress together and adjusts the plan as needed to keep things moving toward concrete improvements.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be a shorter check-in with less bandwidth, and text or chat options let people share updates between sessions. These formats make it easier to schedule therapy around work, family, and other responsibilities.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English