Dr. Patricia Leavy

• When I work with clients, it is from a team approach. I believe that we work together in order to provide the client with the best outcome that meets their needs. I am an active therapist. I make suggestions and interpretations. However, if the client does not agree with my interpretation or suggestion, because we are a team, the client is encouraged to ask me to try a different approach. I use a number of approaches in order to meet the needs of the client. I have been seeing clients for many years. I love my job. I look forward to assisting as many people as I can. I have a dual masters in developmental psychology and clinical psychology and a PhD in clinical and health psychology. I have worked with people of all ages and backgrounds. And I have used many types of treatments. Above I have noted the areas of expertise and types of populations served. Please join me in walking a path together toward solutions.

My approach to therapy is to use the team approach and work together with my clients to make sure that their psychological needs are met. I use numerous types of interventions with many different ages of individuals experiencing a wide range of difficulties in their life.

The first session of psychotherapy is, to a great extent, an information gathering session. Clients tell me why they feel they would like to enter therapy. We discuss what is happening in their lives or has happened in the past. At the end of the session, clients decide if they would like to make another appointment with me. If so, we schedule an appointment at a time that meets their needs and continue to explore the difficulties that bring them into therapy.