Patsy Tivitt-Moore, LCSW

Patsy Tivitt-Moore is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, grief, addiction concerns, and questions about identity. She offers a calm, respectful presence and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Patsy works in Kentucky and holds an LCSW credential.

Patsy uses a mix of approaches to match each person’s needs. She often draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Mindfulness and acceptance strategies are used to build emotional awareness and coping skills.

Her practice supports people dealing with life changes, workplace stress, intimacy challenges, and issues connected to identity. Patsy also works with people managing ADHD symptoms, bipolar mood challenges, and compassion fatigue. She pays attention to concerns like body image, attachment and abandonment worries, and blended family stress.

Sessions are collaborative and goal-focused. Patsy helps clients set realistic steps and practices to try between meetings. She blends empathy with structured tools so people can see tangible progress over time.

With five years of clinical experience, Patsy brings hands-on work with a range of concerns and approaches. She speaks English and provides online session formats that include video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging. The emphasis in her work is on building skills, increasing self-understanding, and supporting meaningful change.

How CBT, ACT, and Client-Centered Work Online

Many of Patsy’s methods translate well to online care. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors in everyday life; online sessions let clients bring real situations into conversations and plan experiments to try between meetings. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on values and flexible responses to difficult feelings; it can help with anxiety, depression, and life changes by teaching practical acceptance and committed action. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes understanding and a nonjudgmental relationship so clients feel heard and can explore identity and self-worth at their own pace.

Patsy treats finding the right approach as a collaborative process. She will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has worked before, and then try methods that fit those needs. Together they monitor progress and adjust tools and focus as needed.

Online care is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for longer sessions and face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth is limited or when a client prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging support brief check-ins, coaching-style feedback, and daily practice between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, and busy lives.