About Patricia
Patricia Williams is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 20 years of experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, and mood concerns like depression and bipolar. She also supports those facing parenting strain, career questions, relationship and family conflict, and the challenges of life changes.
Her approach is practical and person-focused. Sessions start with listening to what matters most and setting simple, achievable goals. Patricia draws on approaches such as client-centered work and cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice patterns and try new behaviors.
Background and approach
She brings two decades of counseling experience in a variety of settings across Georgia. That background includes work in schools and community settings, which shaped a straightforward, down-to-earth style. Patricia aims to meet people where they are and build on their strengths.
In sessions she mixes conversation with hands-on strategies. That can mean practicing coping skills, changing unhelpful thoughts, or using mindfulness exercises to reduce reactivity. She uses motivational interviewing to help people find their own reasons to make change.
Patricia speaks English and conducts therapy online through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. People find this flexible format helpful for fitting work, school, and family life into therapy. To begin, a short questionnaire and scheduling step match a person with her availability.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship. It helps people feel heard and clarifies what they want to change or keep in their lives. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns and reduce anxiety or low mood.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Patricia will help clients decide which methods fit their goals and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as progress unfolds. The process is collaborative - goals and techniques are chosen together so people feel ownership of their change.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a deeper connection is helpful. Phone sessions or live chat work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in fits someone’s schedule. Text-based messaging can support ongoing reflection and quick check-ins between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives while keeping focus on meaningful change.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English