Patricia Gordon, LICSW

Patricia Gordon is a licensed clinical social worker (LICSW) practicing in Washington with 15 years of experience supporting adults, couples, and families through transitions, loss, and persistent emotional challenges. She earned a Master's in Social Work from the University of Washington in 2011 and holds the LICSW, a clinical social work license in Washington. Patricia blends solution-focused and strengths-based work with client-centered principles to help people identify unhelpful thought patterns, challenge harmful beliefs, and build more realistic, healthy perspectives.

Her clinical work frequently draws on cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness-informed practices to address depression, anxiety, stress, grief, addictions, and coping with life changes. She also integrates attachment-informed and emotion-focused elements when working with relationship issues, intimacy concerns, blended family dynamics, parenting challenges, and LGBT-related matters. Additional areas of focus include career concerns, self-esteem, compassion fatigue, and aging and geriatric issues.

With extensive background in social services and more than five years in private practice, Patricia is comfortable collaborating with psychiatrists, primary care providers, and social service agencies when that coordination supports client care. She creates a respectful, authentic, and affirming space in which clients guide the work and explore values-driven change. Patricia welcomes people who are ready to pursue meaningful shifts and supports them in taking the next step toward a more purposeful life.

Approach-Focused Care Delivered Online

Patricia uses several evidence-based approaches tailored to each client's needs. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationship patterns shape current emotional responses and needs; it can be helpful for relationship difficulties, intimacy issues, and family dynamics. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathic listening and collaboration, placing the client's goals and values at the center of the work to support self-exploration and empowerment. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the links between thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, offering practical tools to challenge unhelpful thinking and develop alternative coping strategies for anxiety, depression, and obsessive patterns.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Patricia partners with clients to assess symptoms, life circumstances, and personal preferences, and she may combine elements from different modalities to best support each person's goals. The therapeutic plan evolves as progress and priorities become clearer.

Online therapy with Patricia is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, providing flexibility for people with busy schedules, mobility limits, or geographic distance. These formats let clients engage in consistent, skills-based work with a licensed professional while fitting sessions into their everyday life.