Patricia Montanari
Support for parents and families
- Credentials
- LMHC, LPCC
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed in
- Florida, New Mexico
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Patricia
Patricia Montanari is a licensed mental health counselor and licensed professional clinical counselor who brings 16 years of practice to family and parenting concerns. She uses straightforward, problem-solving methods alongside approaches that explore deeper patterns. Her work is practical and aimed at helping parents and family members cope with stress, mood changes, and relationship struggles.
Patricia draws on therapies like cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and attachment-based work to help people learn new ways to handle difficult moments.
Background and approach
She has experience supporting families, children, adolescents, and adults across a range of settings including home-based work, community agencies, and group programs. That background informs how she adapts tools for each situation. Many parents come for help with anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, or managing impulsive or addictive behaviors.
Patricia also addresses trauma, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and communication problems in family systems. Sessions focus on practical skills, clearer communication, and small changes that can make daily life easier. Her training includes a Master of Arts in Counseling and Guidance and she holds the credentials LMHC and LPCC.
Patricia worked early in her career with youths in residential and delinquent settings and with preadolescents affected by sexual abuse, which shaped her understanding of family dynamics. Outside of clinical work she values family time, travel, swimming, music, and reading. Her aim is to offer a relaxed, supportive space where parents and families can work toward realistic solutions.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online family care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to actions that match their values. It can help parents manage stress and stay connected to what matters in family life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns through skills and practice, which can reduce anxiety, panic, and mood symptoms that affect parenting.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to family needs, try approaches that fit those goals, and adjust plans based on what works. Clients and the therapist decide together which methods feel most useful for everyday challenges.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for busy families. Those options make it easier to fit therapy into school and work schedules, continue support while traveling, and use brief check-ins when problems arise. Licensed professionals can deliver the same core tools and skills remotely, focusing on practical strategies families can use between sessions.
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.
Attachment-Based Therapy
Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.
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.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Florida, New Mexico
- Languages
- English
Next step
Talk to Patricia
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- Nothing to set up just to look
- Stop at any point