About Patty
Patty Seahlaigh is a licensed professional counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and difficult life changes. She writes and talks plainly so parents and adults can understand next steps. Patty aims to make therapy practical and focused on real problems people face every day.
With 26 years of experience, Patty uses clear, step-by-step methods to help clients work through trauma, grief, addiction, and relationship problems. She pays attention to how early attachment and family history shape current reactions.
Background and approach
Sessions often focus on building coping skills and improving communication. Her work draws from several well-established approaches, including cognitive behavioral techniques and acceptance-based strategies. Patty also uses client-centered and attachment-based ideas to tailor support to each person's needs.
Motivational interviewing helps when change feels overwhelming. Patty practices in Missouri and works with adults on issues like parenting stress, career concerns, anger, self-esteem, and bipolar mood management. She helps people affected by adoption, foster care, dissociation, domestic violence, and substance-related problems.
The focus is on small, useful shifts that add up over time. In sessions, Patty listens for patterns and offers practical exercises people can try between meetings. She helps set achievable goals and checks progress along the way.
The aim is steady improvement that fits each person's life and responsibilities.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choosing actions that match personal values. It can help when worry, mood swings, or avoidance make daily life harder. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to early relationship patterns and how they affect current connections, which can help with trust, communication, and relationship challenges.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Patty will talk with each person about goals, past attempts at help, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made so the approach stays aligned with the client's needs and preferences.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and comfort levels. Video calls work well for longer conversations and face-to-face interaction, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and text or chat can suit short check-ins or busy days. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around work, school, and family life.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 26 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English