Patricia Flemmings, LCSW

Licensed in New York · 21 years in practice

Patricia Flemmings is a licensed clinical social worker with 21 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and the fallout from trauma.

License and registration

LCSW, New York: 101500 · expires October 2028
NPI: 1992380562 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 21
Languages: English

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About Patricia

Patricia Flemmings is a licensed clinical social worker with 21 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and the fallout from trauma. She offers steady, clear guidance for those dealing with relationship struggles, anger, and social anxiety. Patricia works from New York and conducts sessions in English.

Her approach is grounded in evidence-based therapeutic techniques aimed at practical change. She focuses on building safer ways to communicate, reducing overwhelming reactions, and finding healthier patterns after separation or loss.

Background and approach

Sessions often include developing self-compassion and concrete coping skills to handle strong emotions. Patricia has spent more than two decades supporting people through major life changes and painful memories. She draws on therapeutic methods that help reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning while paying attention to each person’s background and culture.

The work aims to help people feel steadier and more in control of their choices. In typical sessions she listens closely, helps name what’s happening, and suggests simple tools to try between meetings. She partners with clients to set clear goals and tracks progress over time.

Her style is direct but warm, focused on practical steps rather than jargon. People come to her for a range of concerns including communication problems, control issues, post-traumatic stress, and challenges around divorce or separation. Patricia emphasizes building self-love and healthier social connections as part of lasting change.

Focus areas and approaches

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Online support

Approaches that guide online sessions

Patricia uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage symptoms and build skills. One approach focuses on teaching concrete coping strategies for anxiety and depression, such as paced breathing, grounding, and behavioral experiments to reduce avoidance. These techniques help people feel less overwhelmed and regain routine and functioning.

Another approach centers on trauma-informed care, which helps people process distressing memories at a pace that feels tolerable. Work of this kind aims to reduce the intensity of reactions, improve safety in relationships, and support recovery after abuse or violence.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Patricia works with each person to identify their needs, goals, and preferences, then adjusts methods as progress is made. Clients and therapist decide together which skills and strategies to prioritize during online sessions.

Online work is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different lifestyles. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and nonverbal cues, phone calls can be quicker or use less bandwidth, and chat or messaging suit brief check-ins or those who prefer written communication. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, school, and family obligations.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does Patricia address?

She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, anger, and depression, plus related areas like communication problems and post-traumatic stress.

What is her general therapy style?

Her style is practical and compassionate, emphasizing clear listening, goal-setting, and simple tools clients can use between sessions.

How much clinical experience does she have?

Patricia brings 21 years of experience working with people through major life changes and traumatic events.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential (LCSW) and practices from New York.

Which languages are available for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

How are sessions conducted?

She meets with people by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How does payment or cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What steps are needed to begin working together?

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