Works with
- Anger
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
How Patricia works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Illinois
- Years in practice
- 28
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Patricia
Patricia Prendergast is an LCSW with 28 years of clinical experience who helps people manage strong emotions and life disruptions. She focuses on practical support for concerns like anger, addiction, grief, depression, and relationship strain. Her manner is direct and warm, aimed at helping clients feel heard and find steps they can use between sessions.
Patricia draws on multiple approaches to match what each person needs. She uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current reactions.
Background and approach
She also uses client-centered methods that put the client's priorities first and cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. Sessions typically focus on concrete goals. That might mean learning strategies to calm anger, building routines that support recovery from addiction, or practicing new ways to communicate.
She also provides coaching-style guidance for people sorting out career choices or life purpose. Patricia has long experience helping people navigate parenting stresses, trauma and abuse, adoption and foster care concerns, and caregiver strain. She also works with people dealing with ADHD, eating struggles, compassion fatigue, and complicated grief.
Her practice in Illinois blends practical problem solving with attention to personal history. New clients complete a short matching questionnaire to begin, and then schedule sessions in a format that fits their lives.
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.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
Approaches Patricia lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- 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 her approaches translate to online care
Patricia uses attachment-based work to look at how early relationships influence current reactions and connection patterns; this can help with anger, attachment issues, and relationship struggles. She also uses client-centered therapy which focuses on the client's priorities and builds from the person's own strengths. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and test different behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety, depression, and anger.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. She will listen to your goals and together you will decide which methods to try first and how to adapt them over time. The plan can change as progress is made or new needs appear.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face work on communication and emotion regulation. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits a busy day. Live chat and messaging let clients send updates between sessions, ask quick questions, or use short coaching-style exchanges that support ongoing work.
Questions people ask about Patricia
What concerns does Patricia commonly help with?
She works with a wide range of issues including anger, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, relationship and parenting struggles, self-esteem, ADHD, and career or life-purpose questions.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm and direct. She blends client-centered support with practical techniques to change thoughts and behaviors and to address attachment patterns.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 28 years of experience working in clinical settings with individuals and on issues related to parenting, trauma, and addiction.
What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?
She is an LCSW licensed in Illinois and provides services based in that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available online?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so clients can choose what fits their schedule and needs.
How are costs and billing handled?
Session cost varies with location and therapist availability and is arranged through a subscription model 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 then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.