Patricia Searels , LPC, LCMHC

Patricia Searels is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 28 years of clinical experience working across universities, private practice settings, and nonprofit centers. She has supported college students, athletes, young professionals, and adults of all ages through adjustment challenges such as moving, becoming new parents, job transitions, and divorce, as well as struggles with depression, anxiety, trauma, loss, and relationship difficulties.

She holds the credentials LPC and LCMHC - Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor - reflecting advanced training in counseling and clinical care. Her practice blends evidence-based techniques with practical problem solving, drawing on cognitive-behavioral strategies, solution-focused methods, and motivational interviewing to tailor treatment to each person’s needs.

Patricia’s counseling style emphasizes a genuine, caring, and cooperative relationship that is both direct and respectful. She believes that growth is most likely when clients are met where they are and engaged in an honest, healthy therapeutic partnership. Work together is guided by the client’s goals, with personalized, holistic planning that attends to emotional, relational, and practical concerns.

She values flexible scheduling and typically incorporates some voice or face-to-face contact in addition to text-based tools, providing clients with practical skills and strategies to pursue a more fulfilling life. Reaching out for support is viewed as an important first step toward change and toward meeting personal goals.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Patricia often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing to guide her work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and building practical skills to manage symptoms like anxiety and depression and to improve daily functioning. EMDR is a therapy designed to help process traumatic memories and the emotions connected to them, often used when past events continue to interfere with present life.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Patricia works with each person to explore goals, preferences, and responses to different methods so the treatment plan fits the individual’s needs. Licensed professionals adapt techniques over time, combining strategies when appropriate to support progress.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to engage in that process, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, maintain continuity across life changes, and access consistent support from therapists without requiring travel.