About Douglas
Douglas Patrick is a licensed clinical social worker in Maine with 21 years of experience. He helps people facing low mood, relationship strain, motivation problems, and the ups and downs of major life changes. He also supports those dealing with ADHD, addiction, grief, and sleep difficulties.
He meets clients where they are and treats their stories as the starting point. Douglas believes people carry strengths they can build on. Sessions focus on practical steps and clearer thinking rather than clinical jargon.
Background and approach
He aims to make therapy feel manageable and doable. In sessions he listens for goals and obstacles. He uses focused conversations to uncover what matters most and what gets in the way.
Together with the client he sketches small experiments to test new habits and ways of relating. Progress is measured in everyday life tasks and better coping between sessions. His background includes two decades of work supporting people through depression, relationship problems, trauma, and life transitions.
That experience shapes a steady, problem-solving style. He combines tools drawn from behavior-focused approaches and narrative work to help people rewrite unhelpful patterns. Douglas keeps language straightforward and uses clear steps clients can try between appointments.
He welcomes questions about how therapy will work and what the early sessions will cover. The aim is to help people find more balance, better routines, and stronger confidence moving forward.
Therapeutic approaches for online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It’s useful when stress, worry, or avoidance get in the way of living the life someone wants. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches concrete skills to change patterns that keep problems going. Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change and build momentum when motivation is low.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Douglas will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and choose methods together. That collaborative decision helps shape session plans and small homework tasks to try between meetings.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls work well for in-depth conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick support, brief coaching, or keeping momentum between scheduled meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other busy schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Maine
- Languages
- English
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