Patricia Maksoudian, LMFT

Patricia Maksoudian is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who brings a compassionate, experience-informed approach to helping individuals and families navigate difficult emotional territory. With a practice centered on relationships, family dynamics, trauma recovery, and personal growth, she supports people through communication challenges, grief, and the process of healing from past wounds. Patricia blends clinical skill with a thoughtful, holistic perspective that honors each person’s background and beliefs.

She often works with women, veterans, and families facing complex interpersonal issues such as attachment concerns, commitment questions, and the unique dynamics of blended households. Her clinical focus also includes intimacy-related issues, stress and anxiety, anger, career transitions, depression, and coping with life changes, as well as specialized areas like compassion fatigue and veteran-related concerns.

Patricia integrates a Christian-informed viewpoint when requested, creating a space where matters of guilt, shame, and forgiveness can be explored alongside evidence-based therapeutic work. Her style emphasizes empathy, collaborative problem solving, and the development of practical emotional skills so clients can build more resilient relationships and clearer paths forward. Patricia is dedicated to walking alongside clients as they move through major life transitions and pursue meaningful healing.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Patricia uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) to help clients identify and shift the patterns of interaction and emotion that affect close relationships. EFT focuses on creating secure emotional bonds and can be especially helpful for couples and those struggling with attachment concerns. She also draws on the Gottman Method, a practical, research-informed approach that helps partners improve communication, manage conflict, and rebuild trust through structured exercises and skill building. Trauma-Focused Therapy is used when past traumatic experiences are central to a person's difficulties; this work aims to process traumatic memories and reduce their impact on daily functioning.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Patricia partners with each client to assess needs, goals, and preferences, then adapts techniques so therapy fits the person and the situation rather than applying one size fits all solutions.

Online therapy with Patricia is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for busy schedules, varied comfort levels, and geographic constraints. These options make it easier to maintain consistent care, access support during life transitions, and continue therapeutic work from home or other convenient settings.