Patricia Manning

Patricia Manning is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who emphasizes mindfulness as a foundation for therapy. She offers calm, grounded work to help people manage stress, anxiety, grief, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and life transitions. Patricia writes plainly and meets clients where they are, helping them build skills for day-to-day coping and clearer decision making.

Her background began more than four decades ago while studying psychology and working with children and families affected by violence. She later worked in child protection, permanency planning, adoption services, foster care, residential treatment, psychiatric hospitals, alternative schools, and shelters for those impacted by domestic and sexual violence. Patricia earned a Master of Arts in Mental Health Counseling from Webster University in 2008 and has practiced for 11 years as an LPC.

In sessions she blends approaches to match a person's needs. She uses mindfulness practices alongside attachment-based ideas and client-centered methods. She also draws on cognitive behavioral strategies and dialectical behavior techniques when they fit the situation.

Patricia describes her overall outlook as existential, focusing on life themes such as loss, responsibility, and meaning. That perspective is paired with a biopsychosocial view that considers a person’s life context, including identity and life circumstances. She aims to help people discover resilience and practical ways to move forward.

Her style is engaged and direct when needed. She will support exploration of painful experiences and also challenge patterns that hold people back. Clients who want practical tools and deeper self-understanding may find this approach useful.

How mindfulness and attachment approaches fit online therapy

Mindfulness Therapy helps people notice thoughts and bodily reactions without getting swept away by them; it can be used to reduce reactivity and build steady coping skills for anxiety, stress, or grief. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns from early relationships to understand how people connect now and can help with intimacy issues, family conflict, and trust concerns. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on a warm, accepting therapeutic relationship where the person's goals guide the work and they feel heard and understood.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and together decide which combination of methods feels most helpful. That collaborative process may shift as the work unfolds and new needs emerge.

Practical benefits of online therapy include easier scheduling and fitting sessions into a busy life, which can help maintain consistency. Online work can also make shorter check-ins possible when time is limited or reduce the need to travel. Confirm the session options available before booking so you know which formats are offered and how they fit your routine.