Patricia Maksoudian, LMFT - Therapist in Indiana

About Patricia

Patricia Maksoudian is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 26 years of clinical experience. She focuses on relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, stress, anxiety, anger, career adjustments, depression, and coping with life changes. Patricia brings a calm and practical presence to sessions and aims to make difficult conversations easier to start.

Patricia uses therapy methods that emphasize emotion and connection. She draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy and the Gottman Method to address how people relate to one another and to rebuild trust.

Background and approach

Mindfulness and trauma-focused work help people manage strong emotions and process past hurts. Her background includes long experience working with issues tied to attachment, blended family dynamics, communication problems, family of origin wounds, and infidelity. She also has experience supporting survivors of trauma, veterans and armed forces issues, and people coping with seasonal affective disorder or compassion fatigue.

Patricia holds the credential LMFT, licensed in Michigan as MI LMFT 4101006187 and in Indiana as IN LMFT 35002526A. She practices from Indiana and conducts sessions in English. Her style is direct but empathetic, aiming to help people recognize patterns and try small, realistic changes.

Clients can expect a collaborative process that balances emotional work with practical steps. Patricia often combines emotion-focused work with relationship-focused tools and mindfulness exercises to support healing and stronger day-to-day functioning.

Therapeutic approaches and online sessions

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on identifying and reshaping emotional responses in relationships. It helps people notice patterns of withdrawing or pursuing and creates new ways to connect and feel supported with others.

The Gottman Method uses practical tools and exercises to improve communication and reduce conflict. It centers on specific skills like managing arguments, rebuilding trust after breaches, and increasing positive interactions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Patricia will discuss goals, preferences, and the issues you bring and then suggest which methods to try. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as progress is tracked.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexible ways to meet. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to continue work during life transitions. Many people find that a mix of formats helps maintain momentum and supports steady progress.

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.

Gottman Method

A research-based framework for couples, focused on how partners argue, repair, and stay connected. Practical and structured, with exercises to try between sessions.

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.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Patricia commonly address?

She works with relationship and family problems, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy issues, stress, anxiety, anger, career changes, depression, and coping with life transitions. Additional focuses include attachment, blended family problems, infidelity, and women's issues.

What is Patricia's therapeutic style?

Her style blends empathy with clear guidance. She aims to help people name emotions, shift unhelpful patterns, and practice new ways of relating in everyday life.

How much experience does she bring?

Patricia has 26 years of clinical experience working with relationship, family, trauma, and grief-related concerns. That experience informs how she tailors interventions to each person.

What credentials and location are on record?

She is an LMFT licensed in Michigan as MI LMFT 4101006187 and in Indiana as IN LMFT 35002526A. Her practice is based in Indiana and sessions are conducted in English.

Can sessions be conducted in languages other than English?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

Which session formats does she offer?

Therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How are costs and payment handled?

Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What is the first step to begin therapy?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 26 years
Licensed: Michigan, Indiana
Languages: English

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