Chiquita Patterson
Supportive, practical therapy for family and parenting concerns
- Credentials
- LPC, LCMHC
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed in
- North Carolina, Texas
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Chiquita
Chiquita Patterson is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor who draws on 11 years of clinical experience to support parents and individuals navigating life’s stresses. She offers straightforward, down-to-earth therapy that focuses on practical tools and steady support. Parents reading on a phone will find language that is direct and easy to follow.
Sessions aim to address day-to-day worries and larger patterns that affect family life and parenting.
Background and approach
She has worked across settings that include residential programs, intensive in-home services, and outpatient care. That background includes supervising a program for young adults up to age 24, with attention to employment, education, and overall health. That variety informs how she looks at problems now: from daily routines to broader life goals.
Her style is interactive and respectful. She avoids stigmatizing labels and focuses on what helps a person move forward. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - CBT - is part of her approach, along with mindfulness techniques and solution-focused work.
In sessions she helps people notice unhelpful thinking, try small experiments, and practice skills that fit into busy family schedules. She also supports those recovering from emotional or physical trauma and from relationship or parenting strains.
If someone is ready to try a different way of handling stress, anxiety, or family tension, she offers a calm, practical presence and collaborative planning to set clear next steps.
Practical therapy approaches for online family support
Chiquita uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - CBT - to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. CBT is useful for stress, anxiety, mood changes, and parenting habits because it breaks problems into clear, manageable steps.She also draws on Mindfulness Therapy to teach simple attention and breathing skills. Mindfulness helps reduce reactivity and makes it easier to respond calmly during tense family moments. Solution-Focused Therapy is used to set short-term, realistic goals and identify small changes that build momentum.
Choosing the best approach is a joint process. She will work with each person to decide what fits their needs, goals, and daily life. That collaborative planning means techniques are adjusted as progress is made and priorities shift.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide options that match busy family schedules. These formats make it easier to keep sessions regular, try homework between meetings, and get support when routines are tight. Many people find the flexibility helps them maintain momentum while working on parenting and life changes.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
Mindfulness Therapy
Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.
Solution-Focused Therapy
Rather than examining the problem at length, this looks at what is already working and builds on it. Sessions tend to be practical and forward-looking, with small achievable steps, which translates readily to shorter online conversations.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family problems
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina, Texas
- Languages
- English
Next step
Talk to Chiquita
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