About Patrick
Patrick Schmitz is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with three decades of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, career shifts, and life transitions. He speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps to make daily life feel more manageable. Patrick works from Iowa and offers care in English for adults seeking steady support.
He uses clear problem-solving and coaching-style techniques to help clients set goals and try new approaches. Sessions often focus on coping skills, managing mood, and planning next steps after major changes.
Background and approach
Patrick draws on long clinical experience in both direct care and leadership roles within health systems. His background includes work in behavioral health and trauma-informed settings, so he understands how big events can affect routines and relationships. That experience informs how he helps people rebuild structure and calm after disruption.
He also supports people dealing with addiction, eating concerns, codependency, and forgiveness work. Patrick pays attention to practical barriers that get in the way of progress. He helps people break problems into smaller, doable actions.
For those juggling work or caregiving, he offers flexible session formats like video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. With a focus on clarity and steady guidance, Patrick aims to help people find tools that fit their life. He encourages straightforward conversation about what is working and what needs to change.
Prospective clients in Iowa can begin by completing a short matching questionnaire to schedule sessions.
Evidence-based approaches and online support
Patrick draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skill-building and clear problem-solving. One common approach emphasizes practical coping skills to manage anxiety and stress, teaching breathing, grounding, and activity planning to reduce overwhelm. Another approach centers on goal-oriented coaching to help people identify career or life goals, break them into steps, and track progress over time. These methods are useful for mood concerns, transitions, and improving daily routines.Finding the right approach is collaborative. Patrick works with each person to figure out what fits their needs and preferences. He checks in about what helps, adjusts techniques, and sets concrete targets so therapy stays relevant to everyday life.
Online care offers flexibility for busy schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a deeper session is needed. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for hands-free check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging make quick coaching prompts and brief follow-ups easy between sessions. Together these options help people keep therapy consistent while fitting it into work, caregiving, or travel.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Career difficulties
- Depression
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Iowa
- Languages
- English