Patricia Uhan, LPC, LMHC

Patricia Uhan is a licensed counselor who helps people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, trauma, and low self-esteem. She works with adults who are trying to make sense of painful experiences and build more manageable daily routines. Her manner is warm and straightforward, and she aims to make steps feel doable from the first session.

Patricia draws on cognitive behavioral therapy along with acceptance and commitment strategies to help clients change unhelpful thinking and build values-based action. She also uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current responses. Sessions focus on practical skills, clearer thinking, and small experiments to test new ways of handling problems.

Her background includes work in community mental health where she supported survivors of sexual abuse and people with co-occurring substance use and mental health concerns. That experience shaped how she approaches trauma, safety, and ongoing symptoms like dissociation or post-traumatic stress. Patricia also has experience helping people who face caregiver strain, blended family challenges, and issues around adoption and abandonment.

Patricia holds the Licensed Professional Counselor credential and the Licensed Mental Health Counselor credential, listed as LPC and LMHC. She practices in Missouri and conducts sessions in English. She tends to focus on practical tools and steady progress rather than quick fixes.

People who choose her often want a compassionate clinician who offers structure and achievable goals. She sees therapy as a collaborative process and works at a pace that fits each person’s comfort level.

How Patricia’s Approaches Translate to Online Care

Patricia uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. CBT tends to focus on clear steps and exercises, which transfer well to online sessions through worksheets, behavior experiments, and homework check-ins.

She also draws on acceptance and commitment therapy which helps people notice difficult thoughts and choose actions that match their values. ACT is useful when someone wants to reduce struggle with painful internal experiences while still moving toward what matters to them.

Attachment-based ideas are used to understand how early relationship patterns shape current reactions and closeness. That perspective helps when addressing issues like abandonment, blended family stress, or communication problems by tracking patterns and trying new interaction strategies.

Finding the right fit is a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to choose which approaches to try and adjusts them over time based on progress and preference. Clients are encouraged to give feedback and to shape the pace and focus of sessions.

Online therapy offers flexibility in how people connect. Video calls let the therapist and client do exercises and observe reactions, phone sessions can work when bandwidth or camera use is difficult, and live chat or text messaging provide brief check-ins or summary work between sessions. These options help therapy fit into busy schedules and different daily realities.