- Years in practice
- 30
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Patricia
Patricia Schofield is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of experience. She focuses on practical help for people dealing with parenting stress, relationship strain, addiction, grief, anxiety, depression, and major life transitions. Patricia aims to make the first step into therapy feel manageable and straightforward.
She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about what matters most. Conversations focus on strengths, values, and realistic next steps rather than labels.
Background and approach
Sessions are grounded in clear goals and simple skills that clients can try between meetings. Patricia borrows from several approaches to match each person’s needs, including acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-informed perspectives, cognitive tools, and emotion skills. She explains strategies in everyday language and practices them together with the client.
That hands-on work helps people change patterns and build more satisfying relationships. Many clients seek help for parenting challenges, blended family dynamics, or caring for a loved one with chronic illness. Others come for help with substance use, anger, or the fallout from trauma and loss.
Patricia supports people who want both short-term coaching and longer-term therapy. Her practice is based in Illinois and sessions are offered in English. She emphasizes collaboration and clear next steps so people feel able to try new ways of relating and coping.
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.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Anger management
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Patricia lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Evidence-informed approaches for online parenting and life work
Patricia uses approaches that focus on values, relationships, and practical skills. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, and focuses on choosing actions that match what matters to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and teaches clear tools to change unhelpful patterns. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationship patterns influence closeness and trust, which is useful for parenting and relationship issues.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Patricia will talk through goals, try techniques, and adjust methods based on what helps most. That collaboration helps tailor sessions to parenting concerns, grief, addiction recovery, or everyday stressors.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls support face-to-face conversation and emotional work. Phone sessions can fit a quick check-in or be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging let clients share updates, ask questions between sessions, or use therapy in shorter, more frequent ways. These options make it easier to keep consistency while managing work and family schedules.
Questions people ask about Patricia
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with people facing parenting challenges, addiction, relationship strain, grief, anxiety, depression, trauma, and stress-related concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is down-to-earth and collaborative, focusing on clear goals, practical skills, and using clients' values as a guide for change.
How much experience does she have?
She brings 30 years of professional experience as a licensed clinical social worker to her practice.
Where is she based and what are her credentials?
She is licensed as an LCSW in Illinois and holds the credential shown as LCSW.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How is payment handled and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to therapist availability.
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