Patricia Green-Metz, LCSW

Patricia Green-Metz is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and trauma. She offers straightforward support for relationship struggles, parenting strain, addiction concerns, and questions about gender and sexuality. Patricia listens closely and helps people find practical steps forward.

She creates an affirming, culturally aware atmosphere. That means she pays attention to how race, gender, sexuality, and life experience shape a person's problems. People who have faced prejudice, discrimination, or identity-related challenges can expect to have those issues taken seriously.

Her approach mixes tried-and-true therapeutic methods with attention to each person's story. Patricia uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thinking and build new habits. She also draws on client-centered techniques to follow the client's lead and on mindfulness and Dialectical Behavior Therapy tools to manage intense feelings.

Sessions focus on clear goals and small, doable steps. Clients work on coping skills for sleep, eating, anger, and attention concerns like ADHD, and on handling major life changes or career transitions. She also supports people dealing with sexual assault, self-harm thoughts, or post-traumatic stress.

Patricia practices in Louisiana and offers care in English. She aims to make therapy collaborative, practical, and respectful of each person's values and cultural background.

How Patricia blends CBT and mindfulness for online care

Patricia commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness-based techniques in online sessions. CBT helps people identify unhelpful thought patterns and replace them with more helpful ones, which can reduce anxiety and depression symptoms. Mindfulness work teaches simple attention and breath practices that make strong emotions easier to notice and ride out.

She also draws on client-centered principles to shape sessions around each person's needs. Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist and client check goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what feels most useful and doable.

Online therapy offers practical benefits for people with busy lives or mobility limits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging fit brief check-ins or ongoing coaching between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, and other daily demands while keeping treatment focused and goal-driven.