Patrice Harris

Patrice Harris is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) practicing in California. She brings five years of clinical experience to sessions and focuses on anxiety, stress, trauma and compassion fatigue. She also helps people with attention and self-esteem concerns and supports work around women's issues.

Her style centers on listening first and tailoring sessions to each person's needs. Patrice uses clear, practical strategies and steady conversation to help people feel less overwhelmed. She aims to create a calm space where clients can talk about what matters most to them.

Patrice draws on several therapy approaches to match the work to the person. She uses attachment-based ideas to look at how past relationships shape today's feelings. Cognitive behavioral techniques help people notice unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors.

She also uses client-centered and psychodynamic methods to explore personal meaning and bring warmth to the therapeutic relationship. Dialectical behavior therapy skills are offered when people need tools for emotion regulation and stress management.

Patrice commonly helps people dealing with abandonment, isolation or social anxiety, and with questions about life purpose and self-love. She pays attention to how prejudice and workplace stresses affect mental health and supports people finding balance. To begin, she asks about your goals and works with you to set clear, manageable steps toward them.

How therapeutic approaches fit into online work

Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current feelings and trust. Online sessions can use this focus to trace patterns that affect close relationships and support safer ways of connecting. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, teaches straightforward steps to identify unhelpful thoughts and try practical behavior changes. It is useful for anxiety, social fears, and stress because it targets what people think and do between sessions.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with you about your goals, describe different options, and together you will choose what feels most helpful. Adjustments are made as you go, so the plan can change if something does not fit.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by reducing travel time and letting sessions happen from different locations. It can also allow shorter check-ins or regular weekly meetings that match your schedule, and it lets therapists share exercises and worksheets you can use between sessions.