About Patricia
Patricia Wolfenden uses client-centered and evidence-informed approaches to help people navigate difficult life moments. She brings clear, steady support and practical tools so people can make changes that matter. Patricia is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, practicing in Florida with 25 years of experience.
Her work focuses on addictions, relationship troubles, family conflict, and trauma and abuse. She also helps with grief, anxiety, depression, stress, anger, low self-esteem, and career strain.
Background and approach
Patricia practices in ways that aim to meet each person where they are and build on their existing strengths. Patricia blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with attachment-informed and emotionally-focused work. That mix supports people who want to change unhelpful patterns, manage strong emotions, or repair important connections.
Sessions typically include talking through what’s happening now and trying new strategies between meetings. She also addresses issues such as codependency, communication problems, chronic illness, fertility concerns, adoption and foster care, and the effects of divorce or domestic violence. Patricia has experience supporting first responders and people facing compassion fatigue, and she works with people coping with natural or human-caused disasters.
Patricia aims to create a calm, practical space where people can test small changes. She encourages people to name their values, try concrete skills, and notice what shifts. Taking the first step can feel hard, and she respects the courage it takes to begin therapy.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Patricia uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside attachment-informed and emotionally-focused work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings and commit to actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce symptoms like anxiety, anger, and depression.Finding the right way to work together is part of the process. Patricia will collaborate with each person to choose approaches that fit their goals and preferences. She draws from different methods so sessions can be adapted as needs evolve and to try concrete strategies that support daily life.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexible access. Video sessions are good for a fuller conversation and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text are useful for brief updates, quick coping tools between sessions, or when someone prefers writing over speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, and care schedules.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English