About Patricia
Patricia Marchman is a licensed clinical social worker with 20 years of experience in Illinois. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and ADHD. Patricia aims to create a calm space where someone can speak honestly and begin practical work on daily challenges.
Her way of working is straightforward and person-centered. Sessions focus on what is happening now and on skills that make daily life easier. She uses clear tools to address sleeping problems, mood swings, impulsivity, and challenges at work or home.
Background and approach
Patricia also supports people facing grief, trauma, caregiver strain, chronic illness, and the stress of major life changes. She pays attention to how relationships and life roles affect wellbeing. That can mean looking at communication habits, boundaries, or coping strategies that leave someone feeling drained.
She draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Attachment-Based ideas to guide the work. Those methods are applied in simple, doable steps rather than in technical language. Patricia emphasizes building everyday routines and small skills that add up over time.
People meet with her by phone, video, live chat, or text-based messaging. Sessions are organized through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules a time that fits their life.
Therapeutic approaches and how online work fits
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and struggles with motivation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and practicing new skills to reduce distress and improve day-to-day functioning. It is useful for mood problems, sleep issues, and managing impulsivity. Attachment-Based ideas look at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and emotion regulation, helping people improve communication and closeness in important relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Patricia will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. That collaborative process guides whether a session leans more on ACT, CBT, or attachment-focused work so the plan fits the person rather than the other way around.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people use face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for on-the-go support, quick skill practice, or when scheduling needs to fit around work or caregiving. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while fitting into everyday life.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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