- Years in practice
- 12
- Credentials
- LPCC
- Licensed in
- Kentucky
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Parenting issues
- Focus
- Anger management
About Patricia
Patricia Leigh is a Kentucky-licensed professional counselor (LPCC) with twelve years of clinical experience. She brings a long history of working with children and caregiving contexts, and she focuses on parenting concerns alongside trauma, anxiety, depression, and related struggles. Patricia aims to make therapy practical and approachable for worried parents and busy adults.
Her background includes extensive time in educational and caregiving roles that shaped how she sees people. That experience helps her notice development, behavior patterns, and the everyday pressures parents face.
Background and approach
She tends to view each person as an individual rather than a one-size-fits-all case. In sessions she uses client-centered work and evidence-informed techniques such as cognitive behavioral methods and mindfulness tools. She also draws on dialectical behavior strategies and Jungian ideas when they fit a person's needs.
The emphasis is on clear, usable skills parents and adults can try between sessions. Patricia describes herself as patient and compassionate. She helps people talk through grief, anger, stress, or difficulties with focus, sleep, or mood.
She also supports people facing adoption and foster care topics, attachment questions, and caregiver stress. Therapy is collaborative and paced to each person. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging so parents can pick formats that work with their schedules.
Sessions are offered in English and are provided to people in Kentucky.
What Patricia works with
Everything Patricia lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Patricia helps people with.
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- ADHD
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
Approaches Patricia lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
The client-centered approach focuses on listening and responding to each person's needs in a warm, nonjudgmental way. Online sessions use that stance to make space for parents to describe problems and set realistic goals.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep and stress issues and it fits well with video work and messaging homework.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) supplies practical emotion-regulation and distress-tolerance skills. These tools can help with intense anger, impulsivity, and mood swings and are taught through discussion, role-play, and short exercises that work across video or phone sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and practical needs and together decide which methods to try. That cooperative process helps tailor techniques so they feel useful in day-to-day parenting and life challenges.
Online formats offer flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for teaching skills and watching behavior, phone sessions can fit a busy day or reduce bandwidth needs, and live chat or text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework prompts, or midweek support. These options help make therapy more accessible for people juggling family and work.
Questions people ask about Patricia
What concerns does Patricia commonly address?
She works with parenting challenges, trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, stress, anger, self-esteem, ADHD, addictions, grief, and relationship and intimacy-related issues.
What is her general approach to therapy?
She uses a client-centered style combined with cognitive behavioral and mindfulness techniques, and draws on dialectical behavior and Jungian ideas when helpful.
How long has she been practicing?
She has twelve years of clinical experience and prior long-term work in education and caregiving environments that inform her practice.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds an LPCC credential and practices in Kentucky.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients accepted?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does cost and scheduling work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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