Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
How Patricia works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMHC, LPCC
- Licensed in
- Florida, New Mexico
- Years in practice
- 16
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Patricia
Patricia Montanari is a licensed mental health counselor and licensed professional clinical counselor with 16 years of experience. She uses a straightforward, problem-solving approach and draws on several therapy methods to help people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, anger, depression, and life transitions. She works with individuals across a broad range of concerns including parenting stress, mood disorders, ADHD, and trauma related difficulties.
Patricia pays attention to how culture and background shape a person’s experience and adjusts her approach to fit each person’s situation.
Background and approach
Her background includes work in community mental health agencies, group settings, and home-based services. Early in her career she counseled young people in residential and delinquency settings and supported preadolescent survivors of sexual abuse, alongside related behavioral challenges. Patricia blends practical tools with deeper therapeutic listening.
She uses cognitive behavioral techniques and acceptance-focused ideas to help people change habits and manage strong emotions. She also uses attachment-informed and client-centered methods that focus on strengthening a person's sense of safety and self-worth. Over the years she has worked with complex presentations such as co-occurring substance use and personality-related patterns.
Her practice emphasizes clear goals, problem-solving steps, and building everyday skills for coping. Outside of work she spends time with family and dogs and pursues activities that help body and mind like swimming, music, and reading.
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
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Body image
- Communication problems
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
Approaches Patricia lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches for online work and emotion regulation
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that fit their values. It can be useful for anger, anxiety, and life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors through practical exercises and skill practice; it is often used for anxiety, depression, panic, and obsessive symptoms. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and can help people improve trust, communication, and emotion regulation in relationships.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before, then adjust methods over time. This means a plan can include skill practice, values work, and reflective conversations as needed.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and exercises, phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is low, live chat offers short check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and different day-to-day needs.
Questions people ask about Patricia
What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, addictions, anger, depression, parenting strains, ADHD, trauma and related issues such as self-esteem and body image.
What is her general therapy style like?
Her style is practical and problem-focused while also making space for deeper listening. She combines skill teaching with reflective conversation to manage emotions and change patterns.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 16 years of experience working in community agencies, group settings, and home-based services, including work with young people in residential programs.
What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?
She holds LMHC and LPCC credentials and practices in Florida as listed in her profile.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available for online work?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What do I need to do to begin?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.