- Attachment-focused care
- Trauma-informed tools
- Practical coping skills
About Patricia
Patricia Manning is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) who helps people navigate stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and major life changes. She speaks plainly and offers steady, practical support for parents and individuals facing difficult relationships or overwhelming circumstances.
She draws on more than a decade of clinical experience working with children, adolescents, and adults in settings such as foster care, residential treatment, psychiatric hospitals, alternative schools, and shelters that served people impacted by domestic violence and sexual assault. Patricia earned a Master of Arts in Mental Health Counseling in 2008 and has 11 years of counseling experience as an LPC.
Her approach centers on client-focused work and attachment-based ideas that help people understand how relationships shape feelings and behavior. She also uses cognitive behavioral tools and skills from dialectical behavior therapy to address persistent anxiety, mood problems, anger, and difficulties with attention or self-regulation.
Patricia has long experience in adoption and foster care issues, permanency planning, and supporting caregivers under stress. She also helps people cope after major disruptions, including coping with natural or human-caused disaster, loss, and sudden change.
In sessions she balances encouragement with clear feedback, helping people try new ways of coping and notice what works. To begin, she asks questions about current struggles, goals, and daily routines so the plan fits each person’s life and needs.
How therapeutic approaches can translate to online work
The practice uses attachment-based ideas to help people understand how relationships shape emotions and behavior. This approach looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people try different ways of relating when old patterns cause pain.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and habits and replace them with practical strategies. CBT work often includes short exercises and clear homework to practice skills between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to decide which methods match their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaboration means approaches can shift as progress is made.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow for quicker check-ins when days are tight. It can also let people use tools like worksheets, guided breathing, and behavioral experiments during or between appointments to reinforce new skills.
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Experience
11+ years
Credentials
South Carolina, Oregon
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does this therapist help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, anger, ADHD, and coping with life changes including coping with natural or human-caused disaster.
What is her therapeutic style like?
The approach is client-centered and collaborative, with attention to attachment patterns and practical skills. Sessions mix discussion, skill practice, and gentle challenges when habits are self-sabotaging.
How much experience does she bring?
She has 11 years of experience as a Licensed Professional Counselor and has worked in child welfare, foster care, residential treatment, hospitals, schools, and domestic violence and sexual assault shelters.
Where is she licensed and located?
She holds LPC credentials listed as SC LPC and OR LPC and is based in Oregon.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
The biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options when you schedule to learn whether online or in-person formats are offered.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with this counselor?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.