About Patrick
Patrick Jones is a licensed LPCC practicing in California with 16 years of experience. He helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, sleep problems, and relationship or intimacy concerns. He also supports clients facing grief, parenting strain, career changes, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
His style is straightforward and strengths-focused. He treats each person as the expert on their life and works alongside them toward practical goals.
Background and approach
Patrick uses a blend of proven approaches to match what each person needs. He often draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to break unhelpful thinking patterns. He integrates mindfulness and acceptance strategies to help people tolerate difficult emotions without getting overwhelmed.
He also uses client-centered methods to keep sessions respectful and paced to the individual. When trauma is central, Patrick uses EMDR-informed methods to reduce intense reactions and make painful memories less disruptive. For people who struggle with emotional regulation or self-harm urges, he borrows skills from dialectical behavior therapy to teach distress-tolerance and interpersonal tools.
Sessions focus on simple, usable skills rather than long theory talks. His approach balances practical skill-building with listening and affirmation. Patrick encourages setting small, achievable steps so progress feels real.
He believes therapy should fit into busy lives and aims to make sessions clear and goal-oriented. Patrick works with adults in California and offers multiple online formats. He emphasizes collaborative planning so each person leaves with concrete next steps and a sense of forward movement.
Online approaches that meet you where you are
Patrick commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which focuses on clarifying values and taking actions that matter despite uncomfortable thoughts or feelings. ACT helps when people feel stuck by teaching simple ways to move toward a more meaningful life.He also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT is practical and goal-oriented, often useful for anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and many stress-related problems.
When trauma is a core issue, EMDR-informed work can reduce the intensity of upsetting memories and the reactions they trigger. That approach aims to make traumatic memories less disruptive so people can function better day to day.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Patrick works collaboratively to match methods to a person's needs, goals, and preferences. He will explain options, try different techniques, and adjust the plan as progress or challenges emerge.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy schedules or mobility limits. Video calls let sessions feel face-to-face, phone sessions can be easier when video would interrupt work, and live chat or text messaging work well for brief check-ins or notes between sessions. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy into real life while still working toward clear, practical goals.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English