Patrice Carroll

Patrice Carroll is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) with 15 years of clinical experience in Massachusetts. She frames therapy around each person's story and strengths, offering steady support as people take steps toward a more fulfilling life. Patrice emphasizes a compassionate, respectful tone in sessions and invites clients to shape how they want to work together.

She commonly helps people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and concerns about self-esteem. Eating and food-related issues are also among the areas she addresses, along with parenting challenges, relationship concerns, and workplace strain. Patrice works with people facing compassion fatigue, ADHD, and a range of other life stresses.

Patrice draws from approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing. She uses these methods to help clients clarify values, build awareness, and try new behaviors that fit their goals. Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs.

Patrice has experience assisting people who live with disabilities and their families, and she also supports those dealing with caregiver stress, aging concerns, hoarding, OCD-related issues, and traumatic brain injury. She aims to meet people where they are and move at a manageable pace.

Therapy begins with small steps and practical planning. Patrice encourages people to identify what's realistic for them and to try actions that lead toward meaningful change. She welcomes honest conversation about goals and setbacks along the way.

How Patrice's approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and then choose actions that match their values; it is useful for anxiety, low mood, and life changes. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and creating a nonjudgmental space so people can find their own solutions; this approach supports self-exploration and confidence building. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) attends to emotional experience and connection and can help people identify and shift patterns that cause relational or personal distress.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Patrice works with each person to decide which methods feel most useful based on their goals and preferences. She will check in and adapt the plan as things change so therapy stays practical and relevant.

Session formats are not specified here, so please confirm current options before booking. Many people find online work helps fit therapy into busy days, for example by making scheduling simpler or avoiding travel time. It can also make shorter check-ins or focused skill practice easier to arrange. Conversation, mindfulness exercises, values clarification, and motivational techniques all translate to online sessions and can be used to address eating and food-related issues, stress, and trauma-related symptoms.