- Addictions support
- Relationship issues
- Blended family issues
About Patricia
Patricia Schofield is an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Illinois with 30 years of experience. She works with adults facing addictions, relationship and family concerns, grief, anger, stress, anxiety, trauma, and depression. She also focuses on parenting, self-esteem, intimacy issues, and blended family issues among other life changes.
Patricia helps people talk through difficult feelings and problems in everyday language. She frames sessions around what a person can do next rather than long lists of techniques. Conversations tend to be practical and down-to-earth, with attention to immediate concerns like coping, motivation, and communication.
Her approach draws on several evidence-based methods, including acceptance and commitment work, attachment-focused ideas, client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral techniques, and skills from dialectical behavior therapy. She matches these methods to what each person finds useful rather than applying one fixed model.
In sessions she pays attention to strengths and goals. People may focus on reducing anxiety, managing anger, addressing substance concerns, or working through grief and losses. For those in blended households she can help with issues such as stepfamily roles, boundaries, and communication between parents.
Getting started means a simple initial step to connect and plan the first appointment. Patricia encourages straightforward talk about what someone wants to change and small, practical steps to try between sessions.
How Patricia blends approaches for online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts without getting stuck in them and then move toward chosen values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and motivation problems. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and offers practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns, which can help with anxiety, mood, and stress. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships and how early experiences shape how people relate now; it can be helpful when trust, intimacy, or family roles are central concerns.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Patricia collaborates with each person to try methods that fit their goals and preferences, then adjusts based on what helps. That means sessions may include talking, skill practice, or short between-session tasks agreed together.
Confirm the current session formats before you book so you know what options are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, for example by avoiding travel, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, or reducing the time taken out of a workday. Therapists can adapt exercises and tools so they work well through remote appointments, and the format can be changed if a different style suits someone better.
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Experience
30+ years
Listed in
Illinois
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she address?
She works with addictions, relationship and family problems, grief, anger, stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, and related life changes.
How would you describe her therapy style?
She uses practical, conversational sessions that focus on concrete steps and skill-building rather than abstract theory.
How much experience does she bring?
She has 30 years of professional experience as a clinical social worker working with a wide range of concerns.
Is she licensed and where does she practice?
She is an LCSW licensed in Illinois and works with adults in that state.
In which language are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats she is offering at the time.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is for adults and is not emergency care, mediation or legal advice. If you or a child are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.