Douglas Patrick, LCSW

Douglas Patrick is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Maine who helps people facing relationship struggles, low self-esteem, depression, and major life transitions. He also supports those dealing with motivation, addiction-related concerns, grief, and caregiving stress. Douglas frames therapy as a partnership where the client is the expert on their own life.

He draws on 21 years of experience to offer practical, goal-focused work. Sessions emphasize clear steps people can use between meetings. Douglas encourages clients to notice strengths they already have and to try small changes that build confidence over time.

His approach blends cognitive-behavioral ideas with acceptance-based work and motivational interviewing. That mix helps people change unhelpful thoughts, clarify values, and find reasons to keep moving forward. Narrative and solution-focused elements are used to reframe problems and set achievable goals.

Douglas works with a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, ADHD, sleeping problems, and mood disorders. He also pays attention to aging and geriatric issues and caregiver stress when those topics arise.

In sessions he listens for what matters most to each person and then builds a plan around those priorities. The tone is supportive and practical, aimed at helping people make steady, useful progress in daily life.

How Douglas' Approaches Translate Online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice what matters most and take action consistent with those values. Online work with ACT often focuses on values clarification and small experiments a person can try between sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches practical skills to change them, such as activity planning and thought tracking. Motivational Interviewing is a conversational way to build a person’s own reasons for change and is useful when motivation feels stuck.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Douglas will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals, preferences, and daily life. He adjusts focus over time so that sessions stay relevant and useful.

The original biography did not list specific session formats, so confirm current online options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people work from a quieter spot or during a work break. Licensed professionals can use these formats to keep momentum between sessions and support steady progress.