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Patricia Schofield, LCSW

  • Experience30 years
  • LocationIllinois
  • Focus areasAddictions, Relationship, and Family
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
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About Patricia

Patricia Schofield is a licensed clinical social worker with three decades of experience helping people navigate complex emotional and life challenges.

Background and approach

She welcomes clients dealing with addictions, relationship and family conflicts, grief and loss, parenting struggles, anger, depression, stress, trauma, and intimacy-related concerns, and draws on a broad set of therapeutic tools to tailor support to each individual's needs. Her practice emphasizes a nonjudgmental, collaborative atmosphere where feelings and thoughts can be explored openly.

Patricia focuses on clients' strengths, capabilities, and hopes while addressing practical problems such as career issues, coping with life changes, chronic illness or pain, and codependency. She also works with people facing adoption and foster care questions, blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, and recovery from domestic violence and substance use.

With a client-centered stance informed by approaches like Internal Family Systems and acceptance-oriented therapies, Patricia encourages gradual, meaningful change and helps people build skills to manage anxiety, compassion fatigue, and everyday stressors.

She invites prospective clients to take the first step when they are ready, offering support to begin the therapy process in a way that fits each person's circumstances.

Blending proven approaches for online healing

Patricia uses Internal Family Systems to help clients explore internal parts and build greater self-leadership, which can be useful for trauma, grief, compulsive behaviors, and patterns that feel stuck. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is another frequent element in her work and focuses on clarifying values, increasing psychological flexibility, and developing committed action even in the presence of difficult thoughts and feelings. Attachment-based ideas inform her practice as well, helping people understand relational patterns and improve emotional connection in close relationships.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Patricia partners with each client to identify goals, experiment with strategies, and adjust methods based on what feels most effective and sustainable for the individual's situation and preferences.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules or to continue work while managing health, caregiving, or geographic constraints. These formats support continuity of care and allow clients to access experienced, licensed professionals from their own environment while pursuing therapeutic change.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns can Patricia help with?
She works with a wide range of issues including addictions, relationship and family problems, grief, anger, anxiety, trauma and intimacy-related difficulties, as well as career and self-esteem concerns.
What is her therapeutic approach and style?
Her style is collaborative and nonjudgmental, drawing on modalities such as Internal Family Systems, ACT, attachment-informed work, client-centered therapy, and CBT to match techniques to client needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 30 years of professional experience in clinical social work to her practice, offering long-term experience with diverse presenting problems.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
Patricia is an LCSW licensed in Illinois with license number IL LCSW 149009711 and practices with that credential in the state.
Does she offer services in other languages or to international clients?
Services are provided in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are available for meetings?
Sessions can be held via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexible options for engagement.
How are fees and payment structured?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are required to begin therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

AddictionsRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefAnger management

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesSelf esteemCareer difficultiesDepressionCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFamily problemsFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisPanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Motivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

30+ years

Licensed

Illinois

Languages

English