LMFT
Patricia "Tricia" Conlon, LMFT
- Experience24 years
- LocationFlorida
- Focus areasRelationship, Family, and Trauma and abuse
- Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
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About Patricia
Patricia "Tricia" Conlon is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 24 years of clinical experience helping people navigate relationship strains, family dynamics, trauma, grief, addiction, anxiety, depression, and life transitions.
Background and approach
She draws on a broad clinical background that includes work with couples, families, women, first responders, and high-achieving professionals coping with complex trauma, bereavement, and chronic illness. Her practice also attends to intimacy, parenting, career concerns, LGBT issues, and compassion fatigue.
Her training blends relational and evidence-based approaches. Tricia incorporates Internal Family Systems alongside cognitive and acceptance-based strategies to support emotional processing and behavioral change.
She has also used attachment-focused methods and client-centered techniques developed through decades in clinical settings ranging from integrative medicine and oncology to substance abuse and dementia services. In addition to clinical work, she has provided dementia-specific training and crisis intervention for caregivers and community responders.
Licensed in Florida as an LMFT since 2003, Tricia combines practical experience in nonprofit and healthcare administration with a history of teaching virtual health sciences courses. Her work emphasizes collaboration, practical coping skills, and helping clients align mental and life goals as they pursue recovery and growth.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Internal Family Systems helps clients notice and work with different inner parts or voices rather than being overwhelmed by them; it can be useful for processing trauma, self-criticism, and complex emotions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) emphasizes identifying values, accepting difficult feelings, and committing to meaningful action, which supports coping with anxiety, depression, and major life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on relational patterns formed early in life and aims to strengthen connection and security in current relationships, often helping with intimacy, family dynamics, and caregiving stress.
Finding the right combination of these approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with clients to identify goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, adapting methods over time to match progress and changing needs. This cooperative stance helps tailor sessions so techniques feel relevant and practical for each individual or couple.
Online therapy offers flexible options including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, continue care across distances within Florida, and use brief check-ins or longer sessions as needed. The variety of formats supports continuity of care and makes it simpler to apply therapeutic tools in day-to-day life.
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Experience
24+ years
Licensed
Florida
Languages
English