- Emotionally-Focused Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Parenting challenges
About Patricia
Patricia Montanari is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) practicing in Florida with 16 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship concerns, anger, low self-esteem, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, bipolar disorder, depression, and ADHD. Sessions focus on practical steps and clearer emotional understanding.
She draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to look at patterns in feeling and attachment. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-based ideas, client-centered methods, and cognitive behavioral techniques to help people recognize unhelpful patterns and try new responses. Work in sessions can include looking at emotions, identifying goals, and practicing different ways of handling situations.
Montanari’s background includes community mental health, home-based work, group programs, and private sector therapy. Earlier in her training she counseled youth with behavioral challenges and worked with preadolescents affected by sexual abuse, as well as with their caregivers. That experience informs her approach to family and parenting concerns.
She has treated co-occurring issues such as substance use alongside personality and impulse-control disorders. She has also worked across diverse cultural backgrounds and pays attention to how cultural differences affect relationships and communication.
Montanari completed a Master of Arts in Counseling and Guidance from New Mexico Highlands University. She lists additional practices such as reflective listening, solution-focused brief work, play therapy, and stages-of-change strategies. Outside work she spends time with family, dogs, and activities like swimming and reading.
How Emotion-Focused and Acceptance-Based Work Translate Online
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people and couples identify and name core emotions and attachment patterns that drive difficult interactions. It focuses on understanding emotional responses and reshaping how people respond to each other.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) teaches ways to notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then commit to actions that reflect personal values. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship experiences shape current bonds and communication, and it supports developing different ways of relating.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to decide whether EFT, ACT, attachment-based work, or a mix fits a person’s goals and preferences. That choice can change as needs evolve.
Confirm the session formats before booking, since the biography lists many prior formats but does not specify current online options. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into daily life by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, and making scheduling more flexible during a workday or family routine. It can also make it simpler to include partners or other participants when appropriate, or to have quieter, focused conversations when longer in-person visits are harder to arrange.
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Experience
16+ years
Listed in
Florida, New Mexico
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship problems, anger, low self-esteem, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, bipolar disorder, depression, and ADHD.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-based approaches, client-centered care, and cognitive behavioral strategies to work on feelings, behavior, and relationships.
What is her clinical background?
She has 16 years of experience across community mental health, home-based services, group programs, and private-sector therapy, including earlier work with youth in residential settings.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She holds LMHC and LPCC credentials and practices in Florida.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
The original biography lists individual, group, family, and couples work in her experience; confirm current session options and formats before booking.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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