Patricia "Tricia" Conlon , LMFT

Patricia "Tricia" Conlon is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with a career that spans more than two decades. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in General Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Asheville in 1997 and completed a Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy at Nova Southeastern University in 1999. She became a licensed marriage and family therapist in 2003 and has since focused her practice on helping individuals, couples, and families navigate mental health challenges, significant life changes, loss, chronic illness, and trauma-related disorders.

Throughout her career she has developed specialties in couples and family systems work, women's issues, bereavement, and support for first responders and other high-achieving professionals dealing with depression, anxiety, complex trauma, and grief. Her clinical toolkit includes training in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness meditation practices, EMDR, and hypnotherapy, and she is also trained in Critical Incident Stress Management to provide crisis intervention for first responders, schools, and community organizations that have experienced sudden loss or traumatic events.

In addition to direct clinical work, Patricia is a Certified Alzheimer’s Level I and II Trainer through the University of South Florida, offering dementia-focused training and support to family caregivers and health professionals. Her background spans non-profit agency roles and healthcare administration, including integrative medicine, oncology, psychiatry, substance abuse, and dementia services, and she served on the faculty of the University of Phoenix teaching virtual classes for the College of Health Sciences and Nursing for ten years.

Looking ahead, she is pursuing certification as an Integrative Mental Health Professional to deepen her focus on mind-body recovery, and she plans to expand her hypnotherapy practice and pursue authorship to further share her approach to healing and wellness.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Patricia integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) into her work to help clients clarify their values and take committed steps toward a more meaningful life. ACT focuses on accepting difficult emotions while building behaviors that align with what matters most, and it can be useful for anxiety, depression, and stress-related concerns.

Attachment-Based Therapy is another key approach, aimed at understanding how early relationships shape current patterns in close relationships. This approach helps couples, parents, and individuals address attachment wounds, improve emotional connection, and repair relationship ruptures.

The therapist approaches treatment collaboratively, recognizing that selecting the right method is part of the therapeutic process. Patricia will work with each person or couple to identify goals, try approaches that fit their needs, and adjust techniques over time to find what works best.

Online therapy with licensed professionals offers flexibility in how and when care happens. Sessions can take place by video call or phone, and shorter check-ins or ongoing support can occur through live chat or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to maintain consistent care alongside work, family, and other responsibilities while accessing therapy from the location that works best for the client.