Patricia Bell, LISW, LCSW-C

Patricia Bell is a Licensed Independent Social Worker and a Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical with seven years of clinical experience working in Ohio. She helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, and depression. Patricia also focuses on concerns such as abandonment, attachment issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and communication problems.

She prefers a straightforward, person-centered way of working. Sessions are a place to talk through thoughts and feelings without judgment. Patricia listens and adapts her approach to what each person needs and prefers.

Her practice draws on several practical approaches. She uses client-centered methods to follow a person's own priorities. She brings cognitive behavioral strategies to notice and change thinking patterns that feed anxiety or guilt. She also uses elements of dialectical behavior therapy for emotional regulation and motivation-focused techniques when people are ambivalent about change.

Meetings are conversational and focused on small, clear steps. Patricia helps people identify specific goals and experiments they can try between sessions. She pays attention to how past experiences, like adoption or abandonment, show up in current relationships and self-view.

People working with her often come for relief from overwhelming shame or persistent guilt tied to relationships, loss, or substance use. Patricia supports clients as they sort through feelings and practical choices, one step at a time.

How her approaches translate to online care