About Patricia
Patricia Gonzales is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in New Mexico. She brings 16 years of experience helping people facing anxiety, depression, stress, and challenges with intimacy and relationships. Patricia speaks English and Spanish and aims to create a calm, respectful space for people to talk through what matters to them.
She begins by listening closely to each person's story and strengths. That helps her and the client set clear, practical goals for change.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on real-world steps - small adjustments that build better routines, clearer communication, and steadier moods. Patricia uses a mix of approaches, including client-centered methods that follow the person's lead, cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thoughts, and solution-focused strategies to find quick, workable changes. She pairs those approaches with motivational interviewing when people want to make lasting shifts in behavior.
Her background includes work with stress, parenting concerns, sleep problems, self-esteem, and ADHD-related challenges. She also has experience addressing grief and end-of-life concerns, compulsions and obsessive patterns, and issues that can affect veterans and armed forces members. People who choose Patricia typically want straightforward help they can use between sessions.
She emphasizes collaboration and practical plans. The goal is steady progress through clear steps and ongoing support.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Patricia commonly uses client-centered work and cognitive behavioral techniques to guide online sessions. Client-centered therapy means she follows the individual's concerns and priorities, helping people name their goals and decide what matters most. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on noticing thought and behavior patterns and testing small changes to reduce anxiety or improve mood.She also draws on motivational interviewing to support lasting behavior changes. That approach helps people clarify their own reasons for change and find practical next steps. Deciding which approaches to use is collaborative - she will work with each person to match methods to goals, preferences, and the pace that feels right.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video is helpful for full conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option and work well for check-ins. Live chat and messaging let people share updates between meetings and have shorter text check-ins when that suits their schedule. These options aim to increase flexibility and make regular care more possible for different routines and needs.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- New Mexico
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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