Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Depression
How Patricia works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- New York
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Patricia
Patricia Spataro is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with two decades of experience helping people work through stress, anxiety, anger, addictions, grief, and relationship concerns. She focuses on practical steps that can improve day-to-day life. Patricia aims to work side by side with clients to reach their goals.
Over 20 years she has worked in employee assistance programs and specialty lawyer support services in New York. Those roles combined clinical care and program leadership, giving her a broad view of work-related stress and career pressures.
Background and approach
Her background includes supporting people with depression, trauma and substance use issues. In sessions she uses clear, evidence-based tools such as motivational interviewing, cognitive behavior approaches, and mindfulness-based stress reduction. She introduces techniques slowly and practices them together with clients so the strategies feel doable outside of sessions.
Her style is collaborative and active. She listens first, then helps set straightforward goals and small steps toward them. Meetings focus on what is most pressing and what will make the biggest difference in daily routines.
Patricia offers several ways to meet, including video and phone, and also supports chat and text-based messaging. She works from New York and provides services in English. Prospective clients are invited to start with a short matching questionnaire to find the right scheduling option.
What Patricia works with
Everything Patricia lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Patricia's practice.
Evidence-based approaches and online options
Patricia often draws on motivational interviewing to help people clarify goals and find their own motivation for change. This approach uses open questions and reflective listening to move people toward practical steps for issues like substance use, work stress, or career decisions.She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify patterns of thought and behavior that increase stress, anxiety, anger, or low mood. Those tools focus on small, testable changes and building skills that reduce symptoms over time. Mindfulness-based stress reduction is another method she offers to teach short practices that lower reactivity and improve sleep, focus, and emotional regulation.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. Patricia discusses options with each person and adjusts methods to match their needs, goals, and preferences. She helps people try techniques in session and adapts plans based on what works in real life.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging makes it easier to fit work on mental health into a busy schedule. Video lets people use visual cues for deeper conversation, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, chat is useful for quick check-ins, and messaging supports short, ongoing skill practice between sessions. These options are meant to improve access and flexibility while keeping the focus on meaningful progress.
Questions people ask about Patricia
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, anger, addictions, depression, trauma, grief, relationship and work-related problems among others.
What is her approach in sessions?
She uses practical, evidence-based techniques and works actively with people to set goals and practice new skills between meetings.
What experience does she bring?
She has 20 years of experience in mental health work, including leadership roles in employee assistance and lawyer support programs.
Where is she located and what are her credentials?
She is a New York Licensed Mental Health Counselor, listed as LMHC, and practices from New York.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as ways to meet.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a time according to therapist availability.