About Patricia
Patricia Schofield brings 30 years of clinical social work experience to her practice and focuses on helping people navigate addictions, relationship and family conflicts, grief, parenting challenges, anger, stress, anxiety, trauma, intimacy concerns, and career or life transitions.
Background and approach
She meets clients where they are and emphasizes building a collaborative, nonjudgmental space where difficult emotions and personal goals can be explored.
Her approach highlights clients' strengths, talents, and hopes while addressing complex issues such as codependency, communication breakdowns, chronic illness and pain, caregiver stress, domestic violence, drug and alcohol addiction, and challenges related to adoption or blended families.
Patricia uses evidence-informed methods to address mood concerns like depression and emptiness as well as practical struggles including coping after disaster, divorce, or major life change.
Licensed as an LCSW in Illinois (IL LCSW 149009711), she offers therapy through a subscription model and supports people who are ready to begin by guiding them through the initial steps to connect and schedule. Sessions are available in English and provided via a range of online formats.
Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care
Patricia integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help clients clarify personal values and develop willingness to experience difficult thoughts and feelings while pursuing meaningful behavior change. ACT can be useful when addressing anxiety, depression, addiction, and life transitions where motivation and values alignment matter. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify and shift unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns; CBT is often applied for mood concerns, anxiety, stress, and practical coping skills.
Choosing the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to explore which methods best fit their goals, needs, and preferences, and adjusts the plan over time so work feels effective and relevant.
Online therapy in her practice is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care around work, caregiving, or geographic constraints while receiving structured, evidence-informed support from licensed professionals.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English