- Emotionally-Focused Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Solution-focused work
About Patricia
Patricia Donovan is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, practicing in Texas with 20 years of experience. She works with people facing relationship concerns, parenting stresses, grief, anxiety, depression, trauma and other life changes. Her background includes a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and sociology and a Master of Social Work from Indiana University.
Patricia uses practical, person-focused talk therapy. She draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), cognitive behavioral ideas, client-centered work, and motivational interviewing. Sessions focus on naming strong emotions, noticing patterns, and practicing small changes that fit daily life.
She describes a strength-based, solution-focused outlook. Patricia often helps people trace how old family patterns and codependency show up now. She also works with career strain, self-esteem issues, anger, intimacy concerns, bipolar mood challenges, and recovery after abuse.
Her faith background is part of how she supports some clients; she can encourage drawing on spiritual beliefs when that matches a person’s preferences. Patricia’s years as a wife, parent of six, and grandmother inform her practical sense of family life and everyday pressures.
Initial sessions typically focus on clarifying what matters most and setting short-term goals. She asks about a person’s current stresses, important relationships, and what has helped before. From there she and the client choose strategies from ACT, EFT, CBT, or client-centered methods to try.
How Patricia integrates EFT, ACT and online sessions
Patricia regularly draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people name and work with difficult emotions and attachment-related patterns. EFT often focuses on what people feel in the moment and how those feelings shape repeated interaction patterns.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take small actions toward them, and client-centered ways of listening to what matters most to an individual. ACT can be useful for stress, anxiety, and making everyday decisions that align with personal goals. Client-centered work emphasizes the person’s perspective and lived experience.
Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Patricia will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has worked in the past. Together they decide whether EFT, ACT, CBT ideas, or a mix will fit best and then try practical steps in session and between sessions.
The biography does not specify which remote session formats are used, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, shorten check-ins when time is tight, or allow for audio-only meetings when bandwidth is limited. Many people find virtual sessions help maintain continuity of care while juggling family, work, and other responsibilities.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
20+ years
Listed in
Texas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with relationship concerns, parenting stress, grief, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem, career struggles, bipolar mood issues, and family of origin problems.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses a mix of Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, client-centered approaches, CBT, and motivational interviewing to help people name feelings and try practical changes.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 20 years of clinical experience working with adults on relationship and life-change concerns.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Texas and practices in that state.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; confirm current session options before booking.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.