Therapist profile
Patricia "Trish" McMillan, LCSW
Arizona
LCSW - Stress and Relationship Concerns
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- Credentials
- LCSW
- License
- LCSW, Arizona / LCSW-2684
- NPI
- 1396866604
- Experience
- 7 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Arizona
About
- CBT techniques
- Solution-focused work
- Mindfulness tools
About Patricia
Patricia "Trish" McMillan is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Arizona with seven years focused on brief solution-focused and cognitive behavioral work. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship struggles, self-esteem concerns, caregiving strain, and codependency-related patterns. Her background includes work with aging and geriatric issues, blended family challenges, cancer caregiving, and first responder stress.
Trish keeps things straightforward in sessions. She listens, asks practical questions, and helps people notice patterns that get in the way. She uses clear tools from cognitive behavioral approaches to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. She also draws on solution-focused techniques to set manageable goals and build momentum.
Mindfulness practices are used to help lower anxiety and to bring attention back to the present moment. Sessions often include short exercises to try between meetings. Trish adapts the work to everyday schedules and real-life pressures so strategies can be put into use quickly.
Her experience spans clinical and community settings where brief, results-oriented work was needed most. That background informs her focus on coping with life changes, caregiver stress, and communication problems. She also addresses grief, anger, and sleeping difficulties with concrete steps people can practice.
People who benefit from her approach tend to want direct feedback, clear next steps, and tools they can use right away. To begin, readers are asked to follow the site's process to match and schedule a first session.
How sessions work
How her approaches work for online sessions
Trish uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy in clear, practical ways. CBT helps people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that keep stress and anxiety going. Solution-focused work narrows attention to small, achievable goals and steps that build progress quickly.She also incorporates Mindfulness Therapy to help manage anxiety and bring attention back to the present moment. Those exercises are brief and designed to be practiced between sessions to reduce reactivity and improve sleep and focus.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about current struggles, goals, and what feels workable, then recommend steps and tools to try. They adjust the plan based on what helps most in real life.
The site biography does not specify which session formats are offered, so confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when schedules demand, or offer sessions that do not require being in a specific office. Practical online sessions let people try tools at home, check progress between meetings, and bring real situations into discussion without promising a particular format.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
7+ years
Listed in
Arizona
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship and family concerns, sleep problems, anger, career stress, and codependency-related patterns.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is practical and direct, using brief solution-focused conversations alongside cognitive behavioral work and mindfulness exercises.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has seven years focused on brief solution-focused and cognitive behavioral therapy, plus broader experience as an LCSW in clinical and community settings.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Arizona.
Does she work in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions scheduled and what about cost?
Session cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with her services?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.