Patricia Greene

I am therapist with over 30 years of experience working with a diverse population ranging from teens to older individuals, couples and families. I earned my Masters degree in mental health counseling from LSU and had a long career at LSU working with college aged clients. Since then I have worked in several settings in private practice helping individuals of all ages (above 15) as well as couples and families with a plethora of issues and concerns. I primarily use cognitive behavioral therapy but have much experience in other treatments and use whatever suits the clients’ situation best.

I always meet a client where they are and build a warm and trusting rapport. Once a client reaches a level of comfort with me, then I will move into learning as much as possible about the client and the issue(s) the client feels are not serving them well. I work with the client to reach the point where the client feels they are living their best life and have resolved the therapeutic issues they felt were interfering with reaching their goals.

In the first session I spend a good bit of time telling the client about myself, my education, and my background in counseling. I then explain in great detail my dedication to each clients’ personal situation, confidentiality, privacy, and rights as a client. I will then explain the usual counseling process and work to answer any questions a client might have. Last I ask the client for information about themselves- whatever they would like to share to help me get to know them and I also ask for some information on why they chose to come into therapy. Hopefully by the end of the first session clients are comfortable talking to me and feel I am extremely caring, trustworthy and warm and feel quite positive about working with me to resolve the reason(s) they made the decision to start therapy.