Patty Seahlaigh, LPC

Patty Seahlaigh is a Missouri Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 26 years of clinical experience helping people navigate complex emotional challenges. She combines extensive training with a compassionate, practical stance to support clients facing depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship struggles, and life transitions. Her LPC credential indicates formal licensure to provide professional counseling in Missouri.

Patty's method centers on creating a respectful, nonjudgmental space where individuals can explore their feelings, build resilience, and clarify personal goals. She draws on evidence-based techniques and a trauma-informed perspective to tailor care to each person's needs, whether someone is coping with grief, addiction, parenting strains, or workplace stress. Her work emphasizes listening closely to each person's story and honoring the strengths they bring to therapy.

Across the lifespan, Patty supports young adults through early transitions, people managing midlife changes, and anyone seeking better ways to cope and connect. She focuses on practical skill building - improving communication, developing healthier coping strategies, and restoring a sense of purpose and connection - while respecting the unique path of each client.

Evidence-Based Approaches for Online Counseling

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps clients notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then take values-guided action to build a meaningful life. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.

Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationship patterns affect current connections and emotional responses. This approach supports healing around abandonment, attachment issues, and relationship difficulties by helping people understand and reshape their interpersonal patterns.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and adjusting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through practical strategies and skill building. It is commonly used for stress, mood concerns, anxiety, and developing more effective coping methods.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process, and Patty collaborates with each person to determine what fits best based on their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they discuss options and adapt methods so therapy feels relevant and doable.

Online sessions offer flexibility - clients can connect by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, access support from home, and maintain continuity of care when life circumstances change, while working with licensed professionals and therapists who guide the process.