Patrice Harris , LMFT

Patrice Harris is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with five years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people navigate anxiety, stress, trauma and abuse, and compassion fatigue while also supporting improvements in focus, concentration, and self-esteem. Her work extends to issues such as abandonment, attachment difficulties, isolation and loneliness, life purpose, and workplace challenges.

Patrice combines respect and sensitivity to tailor therapy to each person’s goals, creating a professional environment that encourages growth and self-compassion. Drawing on methods that address patterns of thought, relational dynamics, and emotional regulation, she helps clients build practical skills for managing daily stressors and deeper wounds from past experiences.

Known for a calm and empathetic presence, Patrice prioritizes a collaborative process in which the client’s values and preferences shape the direction of therapy. As an LMFT, she brings training in relational and systemic perspectives alongside evidence-informed strategies to support lasting change and stronger self-understanding.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Attachment-Based Therapy emphasizes the ways early relationships influence current patterns of connection and trust. In online sessions Patrice helps clients explore attachment histories and build more secure ways of relating, which can be helpful for issues like abandonment or difficulty sustaining close relationships.

Client-Centered Therapy centers the client’s experience, offering an accepting, empathic stance that supports self-discovery and personal growth. This approach is useful for clients seeking to strengthen self-esteem, clarify values, and pursue life purpose.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and reshaping unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. In practice it offers concrete strategies for managing anxiety, stress, and symptoms related to trauma or ADHD-related concentration difficulties.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Patrice works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Licensed professionals and therapists may combine elements from different approaches to tailor care to what works best for the individual.

Online therapy offers flexible access to care through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and maintain continuity of care when life circumstances change, while preserving the therapeutic relationship and focus on meaningful progress.