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Patricia Lehr, LCSW

  • Experience40 years
  • LocationCalifornia
  • Focus areasADHD, Parenting, and Anger
  • Therapy approachesClient-Centered Therapy and Existential Therapy
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About Patricia

Patricia Lehr is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with four decades of experience in mental health settings. She holds graduate degrees in social work and education and has spent many years providing therapy and mediation across independent practice, schools, juvenile courts, and community health organizations.

Background and approach

Her long career has included work with a broad range of client concerns including parenting, grief, stress, anxiety, depression, compassion fatigue, relationship and family issues, and ADHD. Lehr brings a compassionate, client-centered stance to her practice, meeting people where they are and helping them draw on their strengths and life experience.

She blends person-focused exploration with practical skill-building so clients both deepen understanding of their struggles and develop tools for healthier self-esteem, communication, and functioning. Her approach has been applied in individual and group formats and across lifespans, addressing challenges like caregiver stress, blended family dynamics, workplace concerns, and coping with life changes.

Based in California, she offers online sessions in English and structures work to accommodate each client’s goals and pace. Clients can expect an experienced clinician who emphasizes collaboration, respect, and steady support while working toward clearer direction and improved coping strategies.

Approaches That Guide Online Work and Goal Setting

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes the client’s perspective and personal resources, offering a supportive framework where individuals explore values, feelings, and choices while building self-awareness and resilience. This approach is helpful for concerns like self-esteem, grief, and relationship challenges.

Motivational Interviewing focuses on finding and strengthening a person’s motivation to change. It uses collaborative, nonjudgmental conversation to clarify goals and resolve ambivalence, which can be useful for behavior change, career transitions, and managing chronic stress.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and the therapist works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods best match their goals, needs, and preferences. That collaborative planning may combine exploratory discussion with practical, solution-oriented exercises so the work feels both meaningful and actionable.

Online sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options allow continuity of care for those balancing work, family, or caregiver responsibilities and make it easier to fit regular sessions into daily life while tailoring communication style and frequency to individual needs.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Patricia commonly address?
Her practice covers a wide range of issues including parenting, anger, self-esteem, career decisions, coping with life changes, stress, anxiety, relationship and family matters, grief, depression, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses a compassionate, client-centered style that combines exploration of personal meaning with practical skills and solution-focused guidance to help clients develop coping strategies and healthier functioning.
How much experience does she bring?
She has 40 years of experience working in independent practice, schools, juvenile courts, and community health settings with diverse populations and presenting concerns.
Which credentials and location apply to this therapist?
She is licensed as an LCSW with credential CA LCSW LCSW86085 and practices from California.
Does she work with clients in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English, and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Clients may meet through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on preference and scheduling.
How are therapy costs handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Parenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCoping with life changes

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefDepressionCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

Aging and geriatric issuesBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDivorce and separationFamily of origin issuesWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyExistential TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

40+ years

Licensed

California

Languages

English

What Patricia can help with

Patricia Lehr works with clients on parenting issues, anger management, self esteem, career difficulties, and coping with life changes.

Patricia works with teenagers and young adults on relationships, anger management, and career choices, and works with the elderly 65+ population on loneliness.

How Patricia approaches therapy

Patricia's clinical approaches include Client-Centered Therapy, Existential Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy.

Experience and training

Patricia is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in California, with 40 years of clinical experience.