About Patricia
Patricia Hawkins is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 25 years in mental health care and a master’s degree in counseling and psychology from Michigan State University. She began her career in Assertive Community Treatment, moved into case management, and has provided mental health therapy for the past decade. Patricia focuses on helping people who face both mental health and addiction challenges.
She brings long-term experience to everyday problems. Her sessions are collaborative and shaped by each person’s needs.
Background and approach
She uses a solution-focused style and builds treatment plans that match how a client learns and grows. Patricia often helps people managing anxiety, depression, stress, anger, grief, and addictions. She also works with concerns such as relationship conflict, intimacy-related issues, sleeping problems, and life transitions.
Patricia integrates approaches that include client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior ideas, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. She tailors these tools to real problems like coping with change, substance issues, and career or parenting stress. Conversations are practical and goal-focused, not overly clinical.
People can expect a steady, respectful presence and clear steps to try between sessions. Patricia has experience as a supervisor and a direct service provider, which informs her down-to-earth guidance. She practices in Michigan and conducts sessions in English.
Her aim is to help people find workable strategies and regain a sense of control. The focus is on what helps now and what builds strength for the future.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s own goals and perspectives, giving them space to steer sessions while the therapist reflects and supports. It helps when people want a respectful, nonjudgmental place to talk through life stress and relationship concerns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts affect feelings and actions and teaches practical techniques to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleeping issues, and managing impulsive behaviors related to addiction or ADHD challenges.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, emphasizes skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. Those tools are useful when strong emotions, anger, or relationship conflict make daily life harder.
Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about symptoms, goals, and preferences, then suggest strategies to try. Sessions can shift over time as needs change, combining elements from different methods when that fits.
Online therapy offers flexibility: video calls allow face-to-face work, phone sessions require less bandwidth, live chat can be useful for short check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing coaching between meetings. These options help people fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules while keeping focus on progress and practical steps.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Anger management
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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