Patricia Childress, LCSW
Licensed in Florida · 26 years in practice
Patricia Childress uses a warm, client-centered style to help people navigate hard moments.
License and registration
- LCSW, Florida
- SW16130 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1730714478 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 26
- Languages
- English
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About Patricia
Patricia Childress uses a warm, client-centered style to help people navigate hard moments. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 26 years of practice. Patricia keeps sessions practical and aims to help people feel heard while they work through change.
She focuses on relationship struggles, grief, self-esteem, and parenting concerns. Patricia also addresses stress, anxiety, depression, and sleep problems. She offers support for intimacy issues, compassion fatigue, and ADHD-related concerns.
Background and approach
Patricia blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior ideas. She uses mindfulness and motivational interviewing to help people notice patterns and try new ways of coping. Sessions tend to be interactive, with straightforward tools to practice between meetings.
Her background includes long experience across life stages and many clinical settings. That history shapes how she approaches grief and life transitions, treating losses that come from many kinds of change, not only bereavement. Patricia often helps people sort through disappointment and build practical coping strategies.
In therapy she and the client set short-term goals and create a plan to make visible changes. The work often focuses on small, concrete steps such as thought tracking, behavioral experiments, grounding exercises, and communication skills. Patricia aims to leave people with a toolbox they can use when life gets messy.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Patricia lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- 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
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Patricia names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
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Online support
Therapeutic approaches matched to online care
Patricia often uses client-centered therapy to create a calm, listening space where people can talk about what matters most. This style emphasizes the person's perspective and helps them shape goals that feel relevant and realistic.She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and test new behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, low mood, sleep problems, and patterns that get in the way of daily life. Dialectical Behavior Therapy ideas are used when emotion regulation and interpersonal skills are a focus, offering practical techniques for managing intense feelings.
Finding the right blend of approaches is part of the work. Patricia will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She adjusts plans as progress is made so therapy stays focused and useful.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is helpful for a fuller face-to-face feel, while phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text are useful for brief check-ins, processing between sessions, or fitting therapy into a busy day. These options make it easier to use consistent care around work, family, or travel.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Patricia help with?
She helps people facing relationship problems, grief, self-esteem struggles, parenting challenges, and coping with life changes. She also addresses stress, anxiety, depression, sleep issues, intimacy concerns, and ADHD-related difficulties.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is client-centered and practical. Sessions focus on listening, collaborative goal-setting, and teaching skills such as thought tracking and grounding exercises.
How much experience does she have?
Patricia brings 26 years of clinical experience. That background informs her work with grief, life transitions, and complex emotional reactions.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, listed as LCSW, and practices from Florida.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. She does accept international clients.
Which session formats are available?
Therapy can be done via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options offer flexibility for different schedules and needs.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Patricia?
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