Patricia Borrello-Monie

Patricia Borrello-Monie is a licensed clinical social worker with 28 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, and life transitions. She focuses on building a calm, accepting space where clients can talk about what matters most. Patricia emphasizes practical steps and steady support to help people move toward clearer thinking and healthier daily routines.

She draws on approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and client-centered listening to tailor sessions to each person. Those methods help with mood concerns, worry, and problem-solving around work and relationships. Patricia also brings mindfulness and motivational interviewing into sessions when they fit a client's goals.

Patricia has worked with issues that come up across the lifespan, including aging and caregiver stress, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and the emotional challenges veterans may face. She also supports people dealing with attachment concerns, isolation, obsessive thoughts, panic, and workplace strain. Her experience includes helping with sleeping and eating disruptions, anger, and bipolar-related stress.

Her style is straightforward and compassionate. She helps people set realistic goals and practices they can use between meetings. The aim is to reduce overwhelm, rebuild confidence, and create manageable change.

Patricia is licensed in Louisiana and brings nearly three decades of clinical practice to her work. Sessions are conducted in English and designed to address both immediate concerns and longer-term growth.

How therapeutic approaches guide online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts without getting stuck in them and then act in ways that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, grief, or navigating major life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting patterns of thinking that worsen mood and testing new behaviors to break those cycles. That work often helps with depression, panic, and workplace stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist collaborates with each person to trial methods and pick what fits their needs and goals. Sessions adapt over time as priorities and progress change, and choices are made together rather than imposed.

Confirm current session formats before booking because the biography does not list specific options. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also let people continue care during relocations within the same state. Licensed professionals tailor the approach, exercises, and homework to work well in the format you and the therapist agree on.