Patricia Gillett, LCSW

Patricia Gillett is a licensed clinical social worker with 18 years of experience in Arizona. She focuses on practical steps people can take to manage stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, low self-esteem, and life transitions. Patricia uses clear, straightforward guidance and a patient approach to help people feel more capable day to day.

Her background combines several therapy styles to meet each person's needs. She draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment ideas, client-centered listening, dialectical behavior tools, and mindfulness practices. Patricia adapts what she uses to the person in front of her instead of following a single method.

Sessions are tailored to the issues someone brings. She helps people develop coping skills, rethink unhelpful patterns, and set realistic goals for change. That may include practical behavior experiments, mindfulness exercises, or learning emotion regulation skills.

Patricia works with a broad range of concerns including relationship strain, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, ADHD, mood difficulties, and career or caregiving stress. She also addresses specialty topics such as body image, chronic illness, aging, and commitment or attachment issues.

Her style is compassionate, engaging, and patient centered. She aims to treat people with understanding and respect while offering tools and support that fit their life and goals. Taking the first step can feel hard, and she helps people move forward with clear next steps.

Therapeutic approaches for online work

Patricia commonly integrates cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy into online care. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at how thoughts, behaviors, and feelings connect and uses clear exercises to change unhelpful patterns. Acceptance and commitment therapy focuses on values and taking meaningful action while learning to accept difficult feelings.

She also uses client-centered listening to make sure sessions match a person’s needs. This means the therapist and client decide together which tools to try and adjust the plan as progress is made. Finding the right mix of approaches is treated as a collaborative process, with goals and preferences guiding each step.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for skills practice and guided exercises. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging offer shorter check-ins, ongoing coaching, or flexible ways to work between scheduled sessions. These options make therapy easier to fit around work, caregiving, and busy schedules while keeping the therapeutic focus on skill building and progress.