Patricia Nelson, LCSW, LCSW-R
Compassionate clinician focused on practical change
Book with PatriciaWorks with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
How Patricia works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW, LCSW-R
- Licensed in
- New York, California
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Patricia
Patricia Nelson is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anger, addiction, and mood concerns. She brings a calm, straightforward manner to sessions and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Patricia practices from New York and works by conversation and problem solving to help clients figure out next steps.
Her style is interactive and respectful. She listens closely and tailors conversations to each person's situation.
Background and approach
Patricia blends client-centered care with cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness ideas to create clear, manageable plans. She draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills when emotions feel overwhelming and on motivational interviewing when someone needs help finding momentum for change. That mix is useful for anxiety, depression, addiction, and problems with sleep or eating.
Anger is a common focus area and she helps people learn ways to notice triggers and choose different responses. Patricia also addresses relationship concerns, grief, parenting strain, and career transitions. She has worked with people affected by trauma and abuse and supports those coping with chronic illness and caregiver stress.
Her approach is flexible so sessions can shift as needs change. For people who prefer a coaching tone, she uses practical strategies and goal-setting. She encourages small experiments between sessions and reviews what worked.
Patricia aims to help people build skills they can use long after therapy ends.
What Patricia works with
Everything Patricia lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Patricia's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- 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
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Patricia lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on creating a respectful, accepting conversation where the person sets goals and the therapist follows their pace. This approach helps when someone needs space to explore feelings and decide what matters most to them.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and anger by breaking patterns into small steps that can be practiced between sessions.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers emotion regulation and distress-tolerance skills for times when feelings feel overwhelming. These tools help people notice strong emotions, reduce impulsive reactions, and build safer coping habits.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to test methods and pick what fits their goals and preferences. That shared decision making makes it easier to try new strategies and adjust as needed.
Online sessions offer flexibility for different routines. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions or live chat can be a shorter check-in or a better fit when bandwidth is limited. Text-based messaging supports brief updates, coaching between sessions, and tracking progress over time.
Questions people ask about Patricia
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, anger, relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, sleep and eating problems, parenting strain, career questions, ADHD, and many related concerns.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm, interactive, and practical. Sessions focus on clear steps, skill building, and tailored conversation rather than only long talk therapy.
What is her professional background?
She has 25 years of experience as a psychotherapist and life coach and has worked with people facing trauma, addiction, mood disorders, and relationship strain.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a New York licensed clinical social worker with the credentials LCSW and LCSW-R and practices from New York.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What formats are offered for sessions?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.