Patricia Manning , LPC

Patricia Manning is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who brings a deep commitment to helping individuals and families navigate overwhelming emotions and difficult life circumstances. She welcomes people who feel isolated, anxious, or uncertain about relationships or work challenges, and approaches each person with respect for their unique story and capacity to heal.

Her path into helping work began while studying psychology at Wofford College, when she started supporting children and families affected by violence in Upstate South Carolina. That early experience led to roles in child protection, permanency planning and adoption, and ongoing work with children, adolescents and parents in foster care, residential treatment, psychiatric hospitals, alternative schools and shelters for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. To strengthen her clinical skills, she earned a Master of Arts in Mental Health Counseling from Webster University in 2008.

Patricia’s practice is informed by existential ideas about meaning, loss and personal responsibility, and by a biopsychosocial perspective that considers each person’s background, biology and social context. She uses a client-centered foundation and an eclectic set of evidence-informed tools, including trauma-focused cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, narrative and family therapies, solution-focused methods and play therapy when appropriate. Patricia combines compassion with directness - supporting clients while also challenging patterns that limit growth - and aims to help people move toward balance, new skills and a clearer sense of purpose.

Therapeutic Approaches for Online Support and Growth

Patricia integrates client-centered therapy, which focuses on the client’s own goals and strengths and creates a collaborative space where the therapist reflects and supports rather than directs. This approach helps people find clarity and build self-trust by centering their experience and priorities.

She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help clients identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT is practical and skills-oriented, useful for addressing anxiety, depression, stress and common patterns that interfere with daily functioning. In addition, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) provides concrete tools for emotion regulation, distress tolerance and improved interpersonal effectiveness, which can be especially helpful for intense emotions and relationship challenges.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Patricia works collaboratively with each person to determine which combination of methods fits their needs, goals and preferences. She adapts strategies over time as progress and challenges emerge.

Online therapy with modalities such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging offers practical flexibility - it makes scheduling easier, supports continuity when life is busy or circumstances change, and allows clients to access a licensed professional from familiar surroundings. These options can help people engage in therapy in ways that fit their day-to-day life and therapeutic goals.