Patricia (Pat) La Plante, LPC

Patricia (Pat) La Plante is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Colorado who focuses on grief and loss, trauma, and crisis intervention. She was first licensed in 1992 and brings decades of experience gained in hospitals, private practice, and multiple agencies, including the Community Reach Center Mobile Crisis Unit, the Denver Rescue Mission, and All-Health Network. As a crisis counselor and first responder, she has supported people in the aftermath of hurricanes, mass shootings, bank robberies, corporate downsizings, and other natural disasters, and she has worked closely with those who are dying and with their bereaved loved ones as they move through grief.

La Plante holds a BA in Communications from Virginia Tech, an MA in counseling, and an MA in spiritual formation. She also completed a minor in nutrition, which proved useful when working with patients experiencing eating disorders. LPC stands for Licensed Professional Counselor, a professional state license that denotes training and clinical experience in counseling practice.

In her approach to counseling, she frames the work as a collaborative process in which the therapist serves as guide, mentor, and encourager rather than as someone who can solve another person’s problems for them. She helps clients examine how their current circumstances developed and explores strategies to address patterns or obstacles that are holding them back. Rooted in the belief that each person has a unique purpose, her aim is to support clients in moving toward the fuller expression of who they were created to be. She looks forward to meeting you and working together in the days ahead.