Hello, my name Patrick and I served in three combat tours: serving our country for nine years as a United States Marine. I decided to serve those that are mentally ill in 2013 after my tour of service. After 5 years of study and schooling I got my start in 2017 in a dual-disorder treatment center conducting Intensive inpatient/outpatient groups and utilizing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Interpersonal Therapy as an approach to treating mental health disorders. Today, I specialize in taking an eclectic approach to using interventions looking at the holistic approaches to the human dynamic. This means looking at a person’s relationships and/or lack, cognitive schemas, their behaviors and habits, their priorities, and then determining how interventions and treatment plans will be formulated. I look at a person’s self-concept and determine holistically how their behaviors, thoughts, and patterns are contributing to their problems and functioning. The skills and tools of a therapist are the personal characteristics they bring into therapy: empathy, active listening these aren’t just attributes that look good on paper but are verbal and non-verbal forms of communication; and its these skills I believe what enables successful outcomes in therapy.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
I will try to get an overview of the severity of the problem, how it started, and conceptualize the individual as a whole.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
Some of my biggest strengths are the maturity of acceptance I have learned to grow in. I find that many disorders come from one's inability to accept some thought or situation they might be experiencing. Many interventions such as EDMR, ACT, and many more are just guided ways to help a client accept a situation or thought. It takes a therapist who can interpret once acceptance level and help guild a client through interventions on maturing acceptance. Some of my strengths come from spending years in the Military and the experiencing that come from combat, that has allowed me to accept situations that most humans would agree are some-what uncomfortable. This is what has allowed me to grow as a human and learn to be comfortable with who I am and what I must encounter.
About Patrick Cornelius
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5113 S Harper Ave , Chicago, IL, USA, Suite 2cAppointments
Virtual & in-personMy treatment methods
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Explored client life circumstances that are currently causing frustration, anxiety, depression, and lack of fulfillment. Assisted client in listing those desirable things that are missing from his life (That can possibly increase sense of fulfillment. Assisted client in clarifying and prioritizing values. Developed a plan with client to include activities that will increase satisfaction, fulfill values. Brainstormed with client possible sources of support from responsibilities that are overwhelming them. Encourage clients to implement changes that will reduce the burden felt, reinforcing success. -Help teach the client communication skills -Active listening, empathy, eye-contact. Assisted client in clarifying their identity and meaning in life by listing their strengths, positive traits and talents, potential ways to contribute to society, and areas of interest and ability that have not been developed. Explore opportunities for the client to overcome their sense of isolation (joining a community recreational or educational group, becoming active in church or synagogue, enrolling in a exercise group, joining a hobby support group). Explore the client's feelings, coping mechanisms, and support system. Assess the depths of depression, anxiety, or grief. Assess the clients for suicide potential.