Chiquita Patterson, LPC, LCMHC

Chiquita Patterson is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, who brings eleven years of counseling experience to her work. She focuses on practical, down-to-earth support for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and relationship challenges. Her style is approachable and interactive, and she centers respect and compassion in sessions.

Patterson has worked across settings that include residential psychiatric programs, intensive in-home services, and outpatient care for both children and adults. She also supervised a program serving young adults up to age 24, focusing on employment, education, and overall well-being. That variety shaped her ability to respond to different life situations.

In session she uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people identify patterns of thinking and behavior that cause distress. She also draws on mindfulness practices to build present-moment awareness and on solution-focused methods to set short-term, achievable goals. These approaches are adapted to each person’s needs rather than applied rigidly.

Patterson works with a wide range of concerns, including trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting and blended family questions, eating and sleeping problems, ADHD, bipolar challenges, and career stress. She aims to reduce stigma and to make therapy a collaborative process.

If someone is ready to explore change, she helps them set clear goals and practical steps. Her work emphasizes small, manageable shifts that add up to better coping and more confidence.

How these approaches guide online work

Chiquita Patterson uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and experiment with new behaviors that reduce distress. This approach is practical and goal oriented, often useful for anxiety, depression, and some addiction-related patterns.

She also brings mindfulness therapy into sessions, teaching simple present-moment practices to reduce reactivity and increase self-awareness. Mindfulness can help with stress, sleep problems, and coping after trauma.

Solution-focused therapy appears in her work as a way to set clear, short-term goals and track small wins. This helps clients who want immediate, workable changes in areas like relationships, parenting, or career stress.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to identify what fits a person’s goals and preferences, and she will adjust methods as progress is observed.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It can also let people continue care through life changes while keeping focus on practical steps and skills taught in session.