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Online therapist

Patrice Carroll

Calm guidance for parents and families

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Credentials
LICSW
Experience
15 years
Licensed in
Massachusetts
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Patrice

Patrice Carroll is a licensed independent clinical social worker (LICSW) with 15 years of clinical experience in Massachusetts. She focuses on stress, anxiety, family concerns, trauma and abuse, depression, parenting, and related areas. She offers therapy in a way that fits each person - video, phone, live chat, or text sessions are all available.

Patrice believes people bring strengths and knowledge about their own lives, and she works from that starting point.

Background and approach

She keeps sessions straightforward and practical. Patrice listens, asks clear questions, and helps clients identify small, workable steps forward. She uses tools from mindfulness and acceptance approaches to ease overwhelming thoughts and feelings.

Motivational interviewing helps when clients are unsure about change. Her background includes supporting people dealing with caregiving stress, aging and geriatric concerns, autism spectrum issues, eating and food-related problems, and workplace challenges. She also has experience with domestic violence, trauma-related issues, obsessive and compulsive behaviors, and neurodiverse presentations.

Over time she has worked with people facing compassion fatigue and traumatic brain injury. Patrice centers the client in planning treatment. She aims to match strategies to a person’s goals and daily life.

Sessions emphasize practical coping skills, clearer communication, and gradual progress. The approach is collaborative and paced to what feels manageable. For parents feeling overwhelmed, Patrice offers a calm and steady presence.

She helps sort priorities, problem-solve around routines, and develop ways to reduce stress at home. Sessions are intended to help people move toward more stable and sustainable routines.

How Patrice Uses Therapy Methods Online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them. Patrice uses ACT to help clients clarify values and take small steps toward a life they care about. Emotionally-Focused Therapy focuses on feelings and attachment patterns, and she uses it to improve how people communicate and connect around difficult emotions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Patrice will talk with each person about goals and daily life, then suggest methods to try together. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as progress unfolds and needs change.

Offering video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging makes it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules. These options allow clients to use the format that feels most manageable that day. Online formats also let Patrice share exercises, quick coaching prompts, and mindfulness practices between sessions to support steady progress.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)

Attends to the emotions underneath a recurring argument or distance, and to the attachment needs driving them. Often used where a relationship keeps returning to the same painful loop.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Patrice focus on?
She addresses stress, anxiety, family issues, trauma and abuse, depression, parenting, self-esteem, relationship challenges, eating-related issues, ADHD and compassion fatigue, among other areas.
What is her therapy style like?
Sessions are collaborative and down-to-earth. She listens, offers practical steps, and helps clients try small changes that fit daily life.
How much experience does she have?
Patrice has 15 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of concerns and populations in Massachusetts.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a licensed independent clinical social worker, LICSW, practicing in Massachusetts with the credential MA LICSW LICSW123766.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
Therapy can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what works best for the client.
How does cost and billing work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling a session based on therapist availability.

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Experience
15 years
Licensed
Massachusetts
Languages
English

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