About Patricia
Patricia Karl is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida with 16 years of experience helping people manage anxiety, trauma, depression, and life transitions. She meets individuals where they are and focuses on practical steps to feel steadier and more in control.
Her manner is direct and caring, and she works together with clients to set goals that make sense for daily life. Patricia often uses somatic work to help people notice how their bodies hold stress.
Background and approach
She pairs this with client-centered conversations and cognitive-behavioral tools to change unhelpful thoughts and reactions. For people who have experienced trauma, she also draws on EMDR and psychodynamic ideas to trace patterns back to their roots. Sessions are collaborative.
Patricia helps clients identify recurring patterns, name what keeps them stuck, and try small, manageable strategies between meetings. She emphasizes grounding and regulation techniques that can be used in the moment when anxiety or strong emotions arise. Her focus areas include stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, intimacy issues, anger, self-esteem, and coping with life changes.
Additional concerns she addresses include attachment and abandonment issues, caregiver stress, chronic pain or illness, codependency, and difficulties around communication and commitment. Patricia blends hands-on somatic awareness with talk-based work to create a balanced approach. She supports people who want to understand their patterns and build practical skills for everyday challenges.
How somatic and talk therapies work in online sessions
Somatic therapy helps people notice physical signals like tension, shallow breathing, or a racing heart and learn simple ways to calm the nervous system. It can be useful for anxiety, trauma aftereffects, and feeling overwhelmed during big life changes.Client-Centered Therapy focuses on a respectful, nonjudgmental conversation where the person sets the pace and goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors to find small practical changes that reduce distress and improve daily functioning.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about symptoms, history, and daily goals and will try methods that fit the person's needs and comfort level. Adjustments are made together as therapy goes on.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, continue care during transitions, and use tools in real time with the therapist's guidance. Many people find the range of options helps them stay consistent and practice skills between sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English