About Patricia
Patricia Hanson is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Minnesota with nearly two decades of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and the fallout from trauma and abuse.
Background and approach
Her approach is practical and respectful, with an emphasis on listening first and then building steps forward together. Patricia uses clear, goal-focused conversations to map small, reachable changes.
She adapts her work to each person’s needs, pacing sessions to what feels doable. Parents and people dealing with family conflict can expect straightforward help with coping and communication skills.
She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. That approach is often useful for anxiety, mood concerns, and managing upsetting memories.
Patricia also helps people rebuild routines, manage anger, and recover energy when compassion fatigue or ongoing stress has worn them down. Sessions aim to combine practical tools with steady support.
Patricia works to create a clear plan you can try between meetings and then revisit together. Progress is tracked in small steps so each session feels purposeful.
People who choose her practice get a therapist who listens, suggests manageable strategies, and helps adjust the plan as life changes. She encourages honest talk about what’s working and what needs to change next.
How CBT and Online Sessions Work Together
Patricia uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which helps people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT breaks problems into small, manageable parts and teaches practical skills for anxiety, depression, and stress. It also offers ways to test new behaviors and see what makes daily life easier.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Patricia will talk with each person about their goals, habits, and what feels doable, then choose or adapt methods together. This is a collaborative process where adjustments are made based on what actually helps over time.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people work face to face from different places, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat works for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These formats add flexibility for busy schedules and make it easier to fit regular sessions into life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Anger management
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English