Patricia (Trisha) Blackburn, LICSW, LCSW

Patricia (Trisha) Blackburn is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in New York with 20 years of experience. She draws on a straightforward, respectful approach that honors each person's strengths and experience. Trisha encourages people to take the first steps toward change and acknowledges how hard that can feel.

She helps people manage stress, anxiety, and depression using practical conversation and steady support. She also works with grief and loss, parenting concerns, relationship and family stress, and issues tied to trauma and abuse. Her practice includes care for problems like sleep and eating challenges, addiction, compassion fatigue, and mood concerns.

Trisha uses client-centered work that focuses on the person's own goals and perspective. She also brings mindfulness techniques to help people notice thoughts and body sensations and to build calmer responses to difficult moments. Sessions are plainspoken and focused on what will make daily life easier.

Her background includes two decades of helping people through life transitions such as pregnancy, postpartum changes, divorce, caregiver strain, and aging-related concerns. She also supports people facing prejudice, workplace or financial stress, and the long-term effects of medical or caregiving roles.

People who want a respectful listener and practical tools often do well with her style. She invites clients to define goals together and to move at a pace that feels manageable. To begin, follow the site's intake steps to match and schedule a first session.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening to the person's priorities and working from their goals. In practice this means conversations that follow what matters most to the client and build on existing strengths. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices that help people notice stress and respond more calmly, which can be useful for anxiety, sleep problems, and grief.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will ask about your goals, what helps you already, and what feels manageable. Together you can try techniques and adjust them based on what works for your life and needs.

Confirm the current session options before booking so you know how sessions will be delivered. Many people find online appointments helpful because they fit more easily into a workday, reduce travel time, and make it simpler to follow up between visits. Phone sessions can be useful when a shorter check-in is needed or when video is difficult, while video can support face-to-face conversation and guided mindfulness practice. The therapist will discuss which option best supports your goals during the intake conversation.