Patricia Pattan-O'Neal, LMSW, LCSW

Patricia Pattan-O'Neal is a Michigan-based licensed social worker with eight years of clinical experience. She holds both LMSW and LCSW credentials - LMSW indicates licensure at the master social work level and LCSW denotes clinical social work licensure. Patricia works with people at various life stages to address stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, depression, and addictions, as well as relationship and family concerns, intimacy-related issues, parenting, eating and sleeping difficulties, and challenges such as ADHD, bipolar disorder, and compassion fatigue.

Her approach blends client-centered therapy with cognitive behavioral therapy to tailor support to each person's priorities. Patricia emphasizes a balance of empathy and accountability, offering gentle encouragement when appropriate and firmer guidance when it will help a person progress. She helps clients build practical skills in communication, self-awareness, mindfulness, and creative expression to support lasting change.

In addition to core specialties, Patricia attends to attachment issues, caregiver stress, chronic pain and illness, codependency, forgiveness, guilt and shame, isolation and loneliness, life purpose questions, veteran and armed forces concerns, panic disorder, pregnancy and childbirth challenges, seasonal affective disorder, and social anxiety. She invites people to begin where they are and works collaboratively to help them move toward their goals.