Chiquita Patterson

Chiquita Patterson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) practicing in North Carolina. She brings 11 years of experience helping people sort through stress, anxiety, depression, career questions, and relationship and family concerns. She aims to make therapy approachable and practical for everyday life.

Her background includes work in psychiatric residential facilities, intensive in-home services, and outpatient programs for both adults and children. She also supervised a program focused on employment, education, and health for young adults up to age 24. That variety has shaped a flexible, down-to-earth way of working.

In sessions she uses cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness practices, and solution-focused methods to address problems. She prefers an interactive, relatable style and adapts the conversation to each person’s needs. She avoids stigmatizing labels and treats people with respect and compassion.

Patterson has helped people dealing with trauma and abuse, addiction, grief, intimacy concerns, eating and sleeping issues, and ADHD. She also supports those facing blended family stress, commitment questions, domestic violence, and sexual assault and abuse. Career concerns are part of her practice when clients bring them up.

If someone is ready to make a change, she works to provide clear steps and support. The first sessions tend to clarify goals and build a short-term plan that fits the person’s life and priorities.

How CBT, Mindfulness, and Solution-Focused Work Online

Chiquita uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes because it focuses on clear skills and small experiments.

Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus. People often use mindfulness to manage stress, compassion fatigue, and symptoms of anxiety or sleep trouble.

Solution-focused work looks for practical steps and strengths to move forward fast. It’s useful when someone wants short-term changes around career decisions, relationship patterns, or specific problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. Sessions usually mix approaches and adapt over time as progress or new priorities emerge.

Confirm the exact online session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make scheduling easier and help fit sessions into busy days. It can also allow shorter check-ins, phone-only conversations when video isn’t needed, or meetings outside typical office hours to better match work and family routines.