About Patrick
Dr. Patrick McCain is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Oklahoma with 18 years of experience. He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, trauma, and a wide range of life challenges.
He aims to work alongside people rather than telling them what to do. He values respect and a nonjudgmental attitude in every conversation. His background includes broad clinical work with mood disorders, trauma responses, substance use concerns, and attachment problems.
Background and approach
He uses several approaches to fit different needs, such as cognitive behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thinking and client-centered methods that prioritize the person's own goals. He also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people live by their values, and attachment-based ideas when relationships and early wounds are central. Sessions focus on practical steps and real-world changes.
He helps people identify triggers, practice coping skills, and set manageable goals. For substance-related struggles he blends strategies rather than relying on a single method, recognizing that different people respond to different interventions. He aims to build a straightforward, working relationship.
People who choose him can expect a mix of empathy and clear guidance. He encourages clients to see themselves as the expert on their life while offering tools to reduce distress and increase functioning. Dr.
McCain offers multiple online formats and supports people both in Oklahoma and from other regions. He works in English and integrates coaching-style conversations when appropriate.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters most to a person and taking small, value-driven steps despite difficult thoughts or feelings. It can help with chronic anxiety, depression, and motivation challenges. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches concrete skills to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and change behaviors that keep problems going, which is useful for anxiety, mood, and sleep issues. Client-Centered Therapy puts the person's experience at the center of sessions, offering empathy and support while clients set their own pace and priorities.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Dr. McCain will work together with each person to test approaches and adjust plans based on needs, goals, and personal preferences. That collaboration helps match methods to what is actually helpful in day-to-day life.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and work through exercises in real time. Phone sessions can fit a short break at work or be easier when bandwidth is low. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins, ongoing coaching-style support, or when someone prefers writing to talking. These formats increase flexibility and make it easier to keep regular contact while working toward goals.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma
- Languages
- English