About Patricia
Patricia Lehr is a licensed clinical social worker with four decades of experience. She practices in California and brings a steady, practical style to sessions. Patricia focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, ADHD concerns, grief, relationship strain, and parenting challenges.
She has worked across settings including independent practice, schools, juvenile courts, and community health programs. That breadth of experience shapes a flexible approach that fits many life situations. Patricia listens first, then helps people identify small, workable steps forward.
Background and approach
Her style is collaborative and straightforward. Sessions often start with what feels most urgent. From there she helps people use their strengths and past experiences to solve problems and build day-to-day routines that reduce stress and improve focus.
Patricia draws on client-centered methods to keep the work grounded in each person's values. She also uses solution-focused strategies to set clear, achievable goals. Motivational interviewing techniques are used when people want to make changes but feel stuck.
Parents who are juggling schedules, workplace stress, and caregiving demands will find a practical ally. Patricia emphasizes tools that can be used between sessions. Over time the aim is steadier routines, clearer priorities, and better emotional regulation.
Approach and online care that fit your life
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's experience and values. The therapist listens without judgment and helps people make choices that match their goals and strengths. This approach is useful for people sorting out parenting concerns, relationship strains, or low self-esteem.Solution-focused therapy zeroes in on concrete goals and small changes that produce quick relief. Sessions often identify what is already working and build on those successes, which helps with stress, time management, and ADHD-related routine problems.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Patricia will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. Together they review what's helping and adjust plans as needed so sessions stay relevant and practical.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is helpful for deeper conversations and visual cues, while phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging suit quick check-ins, brief coaching, or days when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy schedules, caregiving routines, or work breaks.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Grief
- Relationship issues
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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