Patricia Glynn
Sometimes life blows up in a way you never saw coming. A relationship ends. Someone lies to you. Trust gets shattered. You lose someone you love. Anxiety starts taking over your brain. Or you wake up one day and realize the life you thought you were building is not the life you actually have. A lot of the people I work with are functioning just fine on the outside while internally thinking, What the hell just happened to my life? They're replaying conversations, second-guessing themselves, trying to make sense of someone else's behavior, wondering whether they missed something, and feeling completely exhausted by their own thoughts.
If you’re looking for someone who will just quietly nod as you pour out your heart and soul, I’m not the right therapist for you.
You don't need to show up with a diagnosis or a beautifully organized explanation of what's wrong. You can bring the messy version. I'm not a therapist who is going to sit silently for 50 minutes, nod occasionally, and then ask how that made you feel. I am engaged. I ask questions. I notice patterns. I will tell you what I'm seeing. I will validate what deserves validation, and I will also challenge you when I think you are getting stuck, avoiding something important, or being much harder on yourself than the situation actually calls for. There is room here for grief, anger, confusion, ugly truths, dark humor, bad decisions, overthinking, faith, and the occasional sentence that starts with, "I know this sounds crazy, but..." I work especially well with adults dealing with anxiety, grief, heartbreak, betrayal, complicated relationships, and major life changes. What happened matters. But I do not want the worst thing that happened to you to become the organizing principle for the rest of your life.
First session
By the end of the first session, my goal is for you to feel like I understand the heart of what's going on and that we have a clearer sense of where to go next. We will talk about what brought you in, what feels hardest right now, what has been keeping you stuck, and what you are hoping therapy will actually help you change. I will also start listening for patterns, asking questions, and helping you sort out what may be underneath the immediate problem. You do not need to arrive with a perfectly organized story or know exactly what you need. We can figure that out together. Ideally, you leave the first session with more clarity than you came in with, a better sense of what we will be working on, and the feeling that you do not have to keep trying to make sense of everything by yourself.
Strengths
I'm good at hearing what's underneath the obvious problem. Sometimes people come in thinking the issue is anxiety, a breakup, conflict with a parent, or not being able to "move on." Then we start pulling on the thread and realize there's something bigger underneath it: fear of disappointing people, difficulty trusting yourself, overfunctioning in relationships, avoiding conflict, trying to earn love, or organizing your whole life around keeping other people comfortable. I ask a lot of questions because good questions tend to get us farther than generic advice. Clients often tell me they appreciate that I am warm and compassionate without being overly delicate with them. I do not think people need to be treated like they are made of glass just because they are hurting. Sometimes you need somebody to say, "Of course that hurt." Sometimes you need somebody to say, "Okay, but let's look at what you are doing here." Usually you need both. I also bring humor into therapy when it fits, because some situations are painful and absurd at the same time, and pretending otherwise doesn't make therapy better.
Ideal clients
My ideal client is thoughtful, self-aware, and tired of going in circles. They may be dealing with anxiety, grief, betrayal, heartbreak, a difficult relationship, or a major life change they didn't ask for. They may be functioning well on the outside while internally replaying conversations, questioning their own judgment, overthinking everything, or trying to make sense of someone else's behavior. I work especially well with people who want more than reassurance or a list of coping skills. They want to understand the pattern underneath the problem, make clearer decisions, build better boundaries, trust themselves more, and stop organizing their life around whatever has been hurting them. They do not have to arrive knowing exactly what they need. They just have to be willing to look honestly at what is happening.
Treatment methods
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Anxiety loves a loop. You replay the conversation. You imagine ten possible disasters. You decide somebody's facial expression means something terrible. You convince yourself you should have known better, said something differently, prevented the problem, or somehow figured out information you did not have at the time. CBT helps us slow that process down. We look at what happened, what your brain decided it meant, what emotion followed, and what you did next. Sometimes the thought is inaccurate. Sometimes it's technically possible but wildly unlikely. Sometimes the thought is completely understandable and still not helping you. The goal is not to force yourself into positive thinking or repeat affirmations you don't believe. The goal is to think more clearly, respond more intentionally, and stop letting every anxious thought automatically run the meeting.
Christian Counseling
For some people, faith is not a side issue. It's part of how they make sense of everything. If that's true for you, we can talk about your life through both a therapeutic and Christian lens. That may include questions about suffering, forgiveness, discernment, boundaries, relationships, identity, grief, anger at God, unanswered prayer, or what you're supposed to do when life looks nothing like what you thought God was going to allow. I'm not going to slap a Bible verse on top of a complicated problem and call that therapy. We can take your faith seriously without pretending that faith makes pain simple.
Eclectic
I'm not loyal to one therapy model just for the sake of being loyal to a therapy model. Different problems require different tools. Sometimes we need to look at your thoughts. Sometimes we need to talk about grief. Sometimes we need to look at the relationship pattern you keep getting pulled into. Sometimes the issue is boundaries, avoidance, guilt, self-trust, or the fact that you're trying to solve a problem that is not actually yours to solve. So I pull from different approaches depending on what's happening and what's actually useful. I'm interested in what works, not in making you fit neatly inside a textbook model.
Faith based therapy
Faith can get complicated when life gets ugly. You can believe in God and still feel angry. You can pray and still not get the outcome you wanted. You can know what your faith teaches and still have no idea what you are supposed to do with betrayal, grief, disappointment, loneliness, or a relationship that has become painful. Those questions belong in therapy if they matter to you. We can talk honestly about what you believe, where you're struggling, what your values are asking of you, and how faith fits into the decisions you're trying to make. I am not interested in giving you a neat spiritual explanation for something that does not feel neat. Sometimes faith provides comfort. Sometimes it raises harder questions.
Supportive
Sometimes you need a place where you don't have to explain why something still hurts. You don't have to minimize it because other people are tired of hearing about it. You don't have to pretend you are over it because enough time has supposedly passed. You don't have to clean up your anger or confusion before you bring it into the room. We can talk about the whole thing. But I also do not want therapy to become the place where you simply rehearse the same pain every week. Eventually we're going to ask: What is still keeping you stuck? What is actually within your control? What needs to be accepted? What needs to change? What boundary are you avoiding? What are you still trying to get from someone who may never give it to you? Support matters. So does movement. You deserve both.
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Virtual sessions
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- FloridaLicense MH18235