Patty Seahlaigh, LPC

Patty Seahlaigh is a licensed professional counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and the fallout from trauma and loss. She focuses on clear, practical steps that make everyday life easier to handle. Patty works to create a calm space where clients can talk through what matters most to them and set realistic goals.

With 26 years of experience, Patty draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and other approaches to shape sessions around each person’s needs. She uses straightforward strategies to spot unhelpful thinking and test new behaviors. Sessions also address relationship challenges, self-esteem, workplace pressure, and parenting concerns in concrete ways.

Her practice includes supporting people dealing with addiction, grief, bipolar mood concerns, anger, and big life transitions. Patty also pays attention to attachment issues, adoption and foster care histories, and the effects of past abuse or domestic violence. She helps people develop coping skills suited to their daily routines.

Patty blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, client-centered techniques, and motivational interviewing when those methods match a person’s goals. The focus is on practical exercises, clearer communication, and small, steady steps toward change. Treatment plans are shaped around what the individual wants to accomplish.

Sessions are offered in English and are provided remotely through video, phone, chat, or messaging. Patty practices in Missouri and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Patty commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to address symptoms and daily struggles. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy emphasizes noticing emotions and choosing actions that match personal values, which can help with grief, addiction, and persistent stress.

She also uses Attachment-Based Therapy when early relationship patterns affect current behavior, helping people understand relational habits and build healthier ways of connecting. Patty treats the choice of approach as a collaborative process and will discuss what fits best with each person's goals and preferences during early sessions.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls suit deeper conversations and visual cues, phone sessions work well when less bandwidth is needed, live chat is good for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and maintain momentum between appointments.