Patricia Maksoudian , LMFT

Patricia Maksoudian is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 26 years of clinical experience supporting individuals, couples, and families through complex emotional challenges. She focuses on relationship dynamics, family conflict, trauma recovery, and personal growth, using a practice shaped by long-term work with diverse populations. Her clinical strengths include helping people improve communication, process grief, and heal from past wounds while rebuilding healthier patterns of relating.

Her style is compassionate and holistic, with particular support for women, veterans, and families navigating attachment concerns, commitment questions, and blended family dynamics. Patricia brings a Christian-informed perspective to therapy, offering a space where clients can explore feelings of guilt, shame, and the path toward forgiveness without judgment. She emphasizes understanding, empathy, and collaboration as foundations for change.

Patricia aims to walk alongside clients through life transitions and emotional recovery, combining professional guidance with encouragement for personal resilience. As an LMFT - a licensed professional trained in marriage and family therapy - she helps clients translate insight into practical steps that strengthen relationships and emotional well-being.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Patricia draws on proven approaches to guide online therapy in ways that fit each person or family. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on identifying and reshaping emotional responses in relationships - it helps couples and family members deepen connection, resolve recurring conflicts, and improve attachment. The Gottman Method provides practical, research-informed tools for couples to strengthen communication, manage conflict, and rebuild trust through structured exercises and clear relational skills. Trauma-Focused Therapy offers strategies to process painful memories and reduce trauma-related impacts so clients can reclaim daily functioning and restore a sense of safety in relationships.

Finding the right combination of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. Patricia collaborates with each client to determine which methods best fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as healing and insights unfold. This collaborative stance helps tailor care to what will be most effective for that person or couple.

Online therapy with Patricia can take place by video call, phone session, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for busy schedules, geographic constraints, or those who prefer remote care. These options make it easier to maintain continuity, access support during life transitions, and engage in therapy in a way that fits individual routines and responsibilities.