Therapist profile
Patricia Manning, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor - Family and parenting concerns
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- Attachment-based work
- CBT and DBT skills
- Trauma-informed care
About Patricia
Patricia Manning is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) with 11 years of clinical experience based in Oregon. She helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, family strain, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, and issues like grief, anger, and low self-esteem. Sessions focus on practical skills and clearer thinking to manage everyday pressures and relationships.
Patricia draws on attachment-based work and client-centered methods to understand how early and current relationships shape feelings and behavior. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques and elements of DBT to teach skills for emotional regulation, communication, and coping. For trauma-related concerns she incorporates EMDR-informed strategies alongside other therapies when appropriate.
Her background includes long-standing work with children, adolescents, and parents across foster care, residential treatment, psychiatric settings, and shelters for those affected by domestic and sexual violence. That experience informs a practical, grounded approach to complex family and parenting situations, adoption and foster care issues, attachment concerns, and blended family dynamics.
In sessions Patricia balances listening with clear feedback. She helps people recognize patterns that keep them stuck and practices new ways of responding. Treatment can include skill building for anxiety and anger, processing grief or trauma, and addressing caregiver stress and compassion fatigue.
Patricia describes her work as collaborative and direct. She encourages clients to test changes between sessions and refines strategies as needed. The emphasis is on usable tools, steady progress, and stronger day-to-day functioning rather than labels.
How sessions work
How her approaches work in online therapy
Patricia uses attachment-based and client-centered approaches alongside cognitive behavioral techniques. Attachment-based work looks at how past and current relationships shape emotions and behavior, helping people understand repeated patterns in family and parenting roles. Client-centered work focuses on listening closely and responding to what each person brings, letting priorities and goals emerge from the conversation.CBT offers concrete tools to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, depression, anger, and relationship dynamics because it breaks big problems into small, manageable steps. These approaches can be combined in sessions to address trauma, parenting stress, caregiver burden, and coping with life changes.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Patricia collaborates with clients to decide which methods to use, adjusts course as progress is made, and integrates skill practice between sessions. This collaborative planning helps match techniques to the client’s goals and daily life demands.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make therapy easier to fit into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, reduce travel time, and help people attend from a quieter setting that suits them. Licensed professionals can use these practical benefits to keep therapy consistent with the client’s schedule and responsibilities.
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Experience
11+ years
Listed in
South Carolina, Oregon
Languages
English
Questions
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What kinds of problems does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, family and parenting difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, anger, depression, ADHD, and related concerns listed in her specialties.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her style combines client-centered listening with practical, skills-based methods such as CBT and DBT, plus attachment-focused work and trauma approaches when needed.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 11 years of experience working in settings that include foster care, residential treatment, psychiatric hospitals, and shelters for people impacted by domestic and sexual violence.
What credentials and location does she hold?
She is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) and practices in Oregon with SC LPC and OR LPC noted in her background.
Are sessions available in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not specify session formats. Confirm current session options before booking to know whether sessions are remote, in person, phone, or video.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session to get started.
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