Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
How Patricia works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Virginia
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Patricia
Patricia (Trish) Woodson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 25 years of clinical experience in Virginia. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, anger, and major life changes. Trish focuses on practical steps people can use right away to feel steadier and more in control.
Trish has worked in community mental health centers, school settings, and independent practice. She has supported people facing grief, relationship strain, parenting and blended family challenges, and career stress.
Background and approach
Her background includes long experience with ADHD, compassion fatigue, and trauma and abuse concerns. Her counseling style is warm, accepting, and encouraging. Sessions tend to be straightforward and focused on small, manageable goals.
Trish often uses solution-focused ideas and cognitive behavioral techniques to help people try new ways of coping and thinking. In sessions she listens for what’s working and what isn’t, then helps clients set clear, short-term steps. That might mean planning a new routine, testing a different response to conflict, or practicing skills for lowering anger and anxiety.
People who reach out can expect a steady, practical approach aimed at everyday change. Trish values collaboration and keeps treatment grounded in real life. She works with adults on issues like depression, self-esteem, intimacy-related problems, and family of origin concerns.
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
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Patricia lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How CBT and Solution-Focused Work Online
Trish uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice patterns of thinking that keep problems going and to try new behaviors in day-to-day life. CBT is practical and skill-based, useful for anxiety, depression, anger, and stress management.She also draws on solution-focused therapy, which zeroes in on small, achievable changes and on what already helps. This approach is often brief and goal-oriented, making it a good fit for people who want clear next steps and quick strategies.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Trish will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels realistic. She helps tailor techniques so they fit the client’s life and priorities, and adjusts the plan as things change.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make counseling flexible. Video lets you use visual cues and do skills practice together. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging work well for quick support, brief coaching, or when typing feels more comfortable. These options aim to make it easier to keep therapy consistent around daily life.
Questions people ask about Patricia
What concerns does Trish often address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include ADHD, career stress, and family of origin problems.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is accepting, warm, and encouraging with a practical focus. Sessions aim to set short-term goals and try concrete steps between meetings.
What is her professional background?
She has 25 years of experience working in community mental health clinics, schools, and independent practice. That range informs her work with parenting challenges, blended family issues, and grief.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Virginia and practices in that state.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted; services are provided to people located within the therapist's practice region.
What session formats does she use?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different preferences and schedules.
How do fees and scheduling work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.