Patricia Manning , LPC

Patricia Manning is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, relationship challenges and major life changes. She offers support for a wide range of concerns including parenting and blended family issues, adoption and foster care challenges, grief and loss, anger, low self-esteem, and struggles with intimacy and attachment. Patricia brings practical, evidence-informed methods to help clients build coping skills and find clearer direction in life.

Her clinical journey began while studying psychology at Wofford College, when she started working with children and families affected by violence. She later served as a child protection worker and in permanency planning and adoptions, and has worked in foster care, residential treatment settings, psychiatric hospitals, alternative schools and a shelter for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. To strengthen her clinical skills, she earned a Master of Arts in Mental Health Counseling from Webster University in 2008.

Patricia’s practice is grounded in existential ideas about meaning, responsibility and the common challenges of being human, combined with a biopsychosocial perspective that considers each person’s unique life circumstances. She uses a client-centered stance and an eclectic toolbox of well-researched techniques - including trauma-focused cognitive behavioral methods, dialectical behavior strategies, narrative and family therapies, solution-focused interventions and play therapy - chosen to match each individual’s needs.

She approaches work with commitment and compassion, honoring each person’s journey while also offering direct feedback when patterns are self-sabotaging. Patricia aims to help people recover from trauma, develop stronger coping skills and move toward a more balanced, purposeful life.

Therapeutic Approaches for Online Trauma and Family Work

Patricia Manning integrates approaches that suit trauma recovery, attachment concerns and everyday coping. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relationships shape feelings of safety and connection - it helps people repair relational patterns and strengthen bonds with partners, children or caregivers. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental stance that places the person’s goals and experience at the center of care - this approach supports self-exploration, increased self-worth and clearer life direction. EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) offers a structured way to process distressing memories and reduce their emotional intensity, which can be helpful for trauma-related symptoms and lingering distress.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Patricia works collaboratively with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals and preferences, and she adapts plans over time so therapy stays relevant and effective.

Online therapy through video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging makes it easier to fit care into busy lives and to access support from home or other convenient locations. These formats provide flexibility in scheduling, multiple ways to communicate with a licensed professional, and the ability to continue therapeutic work through life transitions and changing circumstances.