Patricia Searels, LPC, LCMHC

Patricia Searels is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) based in Florida. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, and life transitions. Patricia brings a down-to-earth, cooperative style that aims to make people feel heard and respected from the start.

She has 28 years of experience across universities, private practice, and nonprofit centers. That background includes supporting college students, athletes, young professionals, and adults navigating adjustment issues like moving, new parenthood, job changes, and divorce. She also works with people dealing with grief, addictions, eating and sleeping concerns, bipolar symptoms, and challenges with intimacy or parenting.

Patricia’s counseling is direct and caring. She focuses on building a genuine therapeutic relationship and tailors work to each person’s goals. Her approach blends cognitive-behavioral ideas, solution-focused work, and other practical strategies so sessions target what matters most to the client.

Sessions include collaborative planning, skill building, and tools to manage stress and improve daily functioning. Patricia emphasizes meeting clients where they are and using straightforward techniques that people can try between sessions. She aims to help clients move toward a more fulfilling, manageable life.

To begin, she asks people to identify their goals and then shapes a plan that fits those aims. Patricia values honesty and respect in the work and supports each person in making steady progress toward their goals.

How her approaches translate to online work

CBT, or cognitive-behavioral therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical behavioral changes. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress to build coping skills and change daily habits.

EMDR, or eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, aims to reduce distress tied to traumatic memories by using guided bilateral stimulation while recalling the memory. It can be helpful for people coping with trauma and abuse who want to process painful experiences.

The therapist treats finding the right approach as a team effort. She will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and how symptoms show up, then recommend methods to try. That plan can change as work progresses so the best fit emerges over time.

Confirm current session options before booking, since formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, avoid travel time, or have shorter check-ins when needed. Those practical benefits often help people keep momentum while they work on managing stress, improving relationships, and processing difficult experiences.