Patrice Harris , LMFT

Patrice Harris is a licensed marriage and family therapist who practices in California. She focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, and issues with attention and focus. She aims to create a calm, respectful setting where people can say what they need and start to feel steadier.

Patrice uses practical, straightforward methods tailored to each person. She often draws on attachment-based ideas to look at relationship patterns and how they shape current stress. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to spot unhelpful thoughts and try new reactions. Dialectical behavior therapy skills are introduced when emotional regulation and distress tolerance are priorities.

Her work centers on helping people rebuild self-esteem and develop clearer life purpose. She talks through feelings of abandonment, loneliness, and the sting of prejudice and discrimination. She also helps with social anxiety, workplace stress, and challenges specific to women’s issues.

Sessions move at a steady, collaborative pace. Patrice listens first, then suggests concrete steps clients can try between meetings. Short-term solution-focused ideas are available alongside deeper psychodynamic exploration when people want to examine long-standing patterns.

Clients can expect an approach that balances emotional understanding with practical tools. Patrice’s five years of clinical experience inform how she blends methods to meet each person’s goals.

Therapeutic approaches applied to online care

Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns affect current feelings and connections. Online sessions can use this approach to identify recurring hurt and try new ways of relating in everyday life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to ease anxiety and improve focus. It works well for stress, social anxiety, and managing ADHD-related challenges. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance so people can handle intense moments without getting overwhelmed.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Patrice works collaboratively to choose which methods suit a person’s goals and preferences. She will listen to what matters most, suggest options, and adapt techniques as progress is made so therapy stays practical and relevant.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for fuller conversation and nonverbal cues, phone sessions can fit into a shorter break or when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging supports quick check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and try approaches consistently over time.