Patricia Whatley

Patricia Whatley is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Georgia with five years of practice. She focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, and coping with life changes, and also works on issues such as communication problems, forgiveness, guilt and shame, self-love, social anxiety and phobia. Patricia speaks English and practices in Georgia. Her style centers on clear, practical work. She uses therapies like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try different responses. Sessions often include straightforward skills practice and short exercises to test what helps in daily life. Patricia also draws on Client-Centered Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques to support emotional regulation and stronger communication. She helps people name values and make small choices that reflect those values. Work with feelings such as shame or guilt is paced around what the person can handle. She aims to make therapy fit into real life. Conversations cover immediate problems and the next steps someone can try between sessions. The emphasis is on workable strategies rather than long lectures. To begin, Patricia asks people to complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. Her practice uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, and costs vary with location. International clients are not currently accepted.

How Patricia’s approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small, committed steps toward those values while learning to notice difficult thoughts. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting thinking patterns that maintain distress and practicing practical behavioral experiments to test new ways of coping. Mindfulness Therapy teaches brief attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase present-moment awareness. Finding the right approach is treated as a collaboration. Patricia will discuss goals and preferences with each person and adjust methods as needed. The idea is to try concrete techniques and then decide together which tools feel most useful for everyday problems. Session logistics should be confirmed before booking since the biography does not list specific formats. Many people find online sessions help fit therapy into a busy week by reducing travel and allowing a shorter check-in when needed, or by making it easier to have a session during a work break. Ask about the available session formats when you complete the matching questionnaire so you can pick the arrangement that best fits your schedule and needs.