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Patricia Childress, LCSW

Compassionate, practical support for life’s hard moments

26 years in practice · based in Florida · sessions in English · online sessions

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About Patricia

Patricia Childress is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 26 years of experience. She focuses on helping people navigate relationship struggles, grief, anxiety, and major life changes. Her style is warm and interactive and she aims to make therapy straightforward and practical for busy lives.

Patricia draws on a mix of person-centered conversation and structured techniques to help people understand and manage stressful moments. She often uses cognitive tools to change unhelpful thinking and skills from dialectical behavior therapy to manage strong emotions.

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Background and approach

Mindfulness and motivational interviewing also appear in her work to help people find clarity and keep moving forward. She has a broad background across the lifespan, with experience in settings that range from pediatrics to geriatric care. That history supports her interest in grief work and in helping people cope with unexpected losses and life transitions.

Patricia emphasizes that grief can follow many kinds of losses, not just death, and she helps people untangle the emotions attached to those events. In sessions she works with practical goals and a short-term focus when that fits a person’s needs. The work often includes building a toolbox of coping strategies for future challenges.

Patricia frames therapy as a collaborative process where small, measurable changes add up over time. She practices in Florida and offers services that can be delivered remotely. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented, designed to help people regain steadiness after difficult events.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Patricia combines client-centered therapy with cognitive behavioral therapy to guide online work. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and creating a supportive space so people can speak openly about their concerns. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical strategies to change patterns that cause distress.

She treats online sessions as a collaborative process. Together the therapist and client review goals, try approaches, and adjust plans based on what feels most helpful. Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work and will be guided by the person’s needs and preferences.

Online delivery uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed, and chat or messaging supports ongoing contact or brief exchanges between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to access support from different locations.
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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with relationship issues, grief, anxiety, depression, stress, self-esteem, parenting challenges, trauma and many life transitions.
What is her therapy style like?
Her approach is interactive and supportive, combining client-centered conversation with goal-focused techniques to produce practical changes.
How much experience does she have?
She brings 26 years of clinical experience working across many settings and age groups.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Florida and practices there.
Are sessions available in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are offered?
Therapy is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

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Experience
26 years
Licensed
Florida
Languages
English

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