Therapist profile
Patricia Van de Vyver, LMSW
Michigan
Licensed LMSW - codependency and addiction
Continue with PatriciaWhere Patricia stands
- Credentials
- LMSW
- License
- LMSW, Michigan / 6801108788
- NPI
- 1457881310
- Experience
- 5 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Michigan
About
- Client-centered work
- Cognitive behavioral tools
- Codependency focus
About Patricia
Patricia Van de Vyver is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) in Michigan with five years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, addictions, relationship and family concerns, trauma and grief, sleep troubles, parenting strain, career worries, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and related life changes.
Patricia focuses on practical conversation and steady support. Sessions center on listening and on developing skills you can use between meetings. She uses straightforward tools to help people notice patterns, try new behaviors, and build clearer boundaries when others’ needs take priority.
Her approach combines client-centered work with cognitive behavioral techniques and elements of dialectical behavior therapy. She also draws on motivational interviewing and psychodynamic ideas when they fit a person’s situation. That mix aims to address both current coping skills and longer-standing patterns that keep repeating.
Patricia pays attention to how family of origin, control issues, and communication styles shape relationships. She helps people who struggle with codependency, addiction, eating concerns, guilt, shame, isolation, and difficulty saying no. Conversations may include small experiments, skills practice, and reflecting on how past experiences influence present choices.
Scheduling can be flexible to fit work and family demands. To begin, visitors choose the online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and set up a first session. Costs vary by location and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Patricia draws on client-centered therapy to focus on each person’s concerns and priorities. That approach means conversations emphasize listening, validation, and supporting a person’s own goals. It helps when someone needs a space to sort feelings and decide next steps. She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. CBT offers concrete exercises and homework to test new ways of thinking and behaving, and it suits anxiety, depression, and patterns like people-pleasing. Dialectical behavior therapy contributes skills for managing strong emotions, improving distress tolerance, and building more stable relationships. Finding the right approach is part of the work. Patricia will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels helpful. Together they pick strategies and adapt them as progress is made, combining talk and skill practice to address both immediate problems and longer-standing habits. Confirm the therapist's current session options before booking, since formats are not listed in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and offer options for people who prefer not to be on camera. Those practical benefits help therapy fit into everyday routines without changing the therapeutic focus.Areas of focus
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Experience
5+ years
Listed in
Michigan
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She works with adults on stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship and family issues, trauma, grief, sleep problems, parenting strain, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and related life changes.
What is her therapy style like?
She uses client-centered sessions that combine clear listening with practical skill-building from CBT and DBT when helpful.
How much experience does she have?
She has five years of experience working in clinical settings with adults on a range of concerns.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is an LMSW - Licensed Master Social Worker - practicing in Michigan.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the profile does not list specific session formats.
How are fees handled?
Costs vary by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a 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.