Patricia is accepting new clients for individual or relational therapy. Patricia sees adult clients in person at our Zillicoa office or for planned outdoor sessions. She is also available for online sessions.

Hello, I’m Patricia! I’m glad you are here. I am a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Associate in North Carolina.

I enjoy supporting people who identify as athletes, siblings, performers, teammates, and artists.

You will always have the option to go outdoors and walk-n-talk for your sessions with me.

While I specialize in the experiences listed below, I believe whatever you bring to therapy is worthy. If any of this lights up a part in you, I welcome you to reach out.

Eco grief/climate change anxiety

Maybe you are experiencing a critical ethical calling to ground down and work with Earth’s rhythms, letting support come from our kinship with all life. You feel deeply there’s not enough time in the day, the sun and the moon rotate without you even noticing the transitions. You may feel disappointed with humanity and find it difficult to experience trust and rest. You want to feel at Home in your humanness and act in ways that are in harmony with Earth. You hold awareness of the destruction and carry a heavy hope that humanity can be stewards of a shared planet. Together, we can grapple with the difficult questions and let your emotions, goals, and values inform your routines and actions.

Deconstructing Social and Family Roles

Are you finding that the rule book by which you live your life no longer fits your values and goals? You are noticing that you give your time, energy, and resources away without consideration. You are noticing your need for your attention, hard work, and love to be directed towards you. You want to feel important and sturdy in your own power, instead of conforming to what used to be. Personally, being raised in a larger-than-average family system and currently living within a blended family, I can relate to naturally being the “peacekeeper” at my own expense. When working with me, we will get to know current patterns of relating to society, then morph them to be helpful and sustainable rather than limiting and destructive. I look forward to supporting your deconstructing process and rebuilding with what truly serves you.

Searching for purpose

You may be experiencing transitions in life, and peace is rarely felt. You know peace is possible because you have felt it before, yet something about this time in your life leaves you with little to look forward to. You are ready for more self-discoveries rooted in community; experiences that help grow you with ease and momentum towards greater nourishment.

Experiential Therapy and Expressive Arts in Counseling

I see life through a creative lens and in sessions, I bring all aspects of expression (writing, movement, painting, imagination, metaphor, sculpting, visualization, sound, mindfulness, and time in nature) into the space I share with you, ultimately inviting you to explore emotions and your inner worlds, beyond words, to help move towards homeostasis.

When you practice play, expression, and embodied regulation in a safe, interpretable, contained space, you can bring those skills into your relationships with yourself and others. Together, we will practice grounding skills, play with communication styles, learn to sense emotions, social narratives, and discomfort, and move towards alignment, so that you can foster lasting rooted awareness and feel stable in your humanness.

About me:

In addition to my Master’s degree, I hold Bachelor’s Degrees in Art Therapy and Psychology with a minor in Environmental Studies. I operate from a Relational Cultural Therapy lens with foundations in Person Centered Therapy and Feminist Theory. I practice with mutual impact in mind; a striving towards ever increasing capacity for respect, and the outlook and willingness to have autonomy, while holding openness to being challenged by the other. I try to practice what I preach and am passionate about my connection and betterment of Nature. I was born and raised in North Carolina. I played DII collegiate sports and still consider myself an athlete. I am excited about one day providing group therapy to sports teams.

I honor what has gotten you this far in your life and apply a deeply non-judgmental stance, meeting you where you are, and inviting you to participate in daily practices to track change. I am deeply committed to offering affirming care for LGBTQIA+, Black, Brown , and Indigenous communities. I support clients in building trust in their current skills and befriending their own power. I model unconditional positive regard, clarity, openness, and humility with individuals and couples+ when exploring the role sex plays in the expression of self, relationship dynamics, commitments, and identities.

Therapy is your journey; it is not something done to you – in working with me, you will be invited to make your own interpretations; I will be an educated, curious, kind, and attentive guide. I understand that our voice feels small at times, that life circumstances beat us down, which allows stress to build. I hope to travel through the challenges together, so you have the skills to seek, notice, and create wellness.

Patricia is accepting new clients for individual therapy. Patricia sees adult clients in person at our Zillicoa office or for planned outdoor sessions. She is also available for online sessions.

patricia@outofthewoodstherapy.com

Patricia can accept most Aetna, Medcost, Ambetter, or BCBS insurance plans.

The private pay fee is $140 for 50-55 minute individual therapy sessions or $165 for family therapy. **Starting 6/1/26: private pay rate will be $150 for individual and $175 for couple/relational sessions.

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