Patricia Greer
Compassionate social worker focusing on practical coping skills
LCSW North Carolina
- Experience
- 20 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Patricia
Patricia Greer is a licensed clinical social worker with 20 years of experience helping people address stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, depression, and life changes. She practices in North Carolina and brings a direct, compassionate approach to conversations about difficult feelings.
Background and approach
Patricia aims to help people feel heard and more capable of handling day-to-day challenges. She focuses on practical skills that can be used between sessions.
Patricia uses approaches like the Gottman Method for relationship issues, cognitive behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thinking and behavior, and client-centered methods that follow each person's pace and goals. She also draws on mindfulness and dialectical behavior ideas to help with emotional regulation.
Sessions typically include clear goals, skill-building exercises, and gentle reflection. Patricia helps people notice patterns that cause pain and then practices different ways of responding.
She pays attention to how past relationships and family dynamics affect current choices and coping. Patricia has worked with people facing trauma, substance use concerns, attachment and abandonment wounds, blended family stress, parenting strain, and major life transitions.
She offers support for sleep problems, anger, low self-esteem, ADHD, bipolar challenges, and career-related stress. Her approach is practical and grounded in everyday language.
People who prefer straightforward guidance and collaborative problem solving often find her style helpful. Patricia invites clients to set realistic steps and to try small changes over time.
She emphasizes building skills that make daily life feel more manageable and meaningful.
How therapy approaches translate to online sessions
Patricia commonly uses the Gottman Method to address relationship patterns and improve communication; this method focuses on practical exercises and conversations that help partners understand and respond to each other. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which centers sessions on the person's goals and pace, offering empathy and reflective listening to help people find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is another tool she uses to identify unhelpful thoughts and practice different behaviors to reduce anxiety and improve mood.Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will listen to your concerns and try methods that match your goals and comfort level. Together you can adjust the focus over time based on what helps most and what feels workable in daily life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which let people fit sessions into busy schedules. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and skill demonstrations, phone sessions can work well with limited bandwidth or when a shorter check-in is needed, and chat or messaging can support quick reflections or ongoing practice between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, parenting, and other demands.
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Experience
20+ years
Licensed in
North Carolina
Languages
English