Patricia Lee, LCSW

Patricia Lee is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 24 years of experience in mental health and medical social work. She holds an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker - and brings decades of practice shaped by graduate training at the School of Social Work at Portland State and early professional development through a consultation group associated with the former Institute for Family Centered Therapy. That training continues to inform her approach to counseling and how she engages with clients.

Her work centers on empowering people by identifying strengths in themselves and within their families. Patricia emphasizes a collaborative style, viewing clients as partners in treatment and working with them to set and pursue concrete goals. She explains the therapeutic methods she uses, invites questions that encourage curiosity about clients' situations, and supports clients as they develop new emotional responses and more empowered understandings of themselves.

Early in her career Patricia provided therapy for children, adolescents, and their parents. Over the years the bulk of her caseload has been adults of all ages facing anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship and family issues, grief and end-of-life concerns, health-related stress, employment challenges, and other life transitions. She has provided individual, couples, family, and group therapy in diverse settings, and has extensive experience counseling adults receiving dialysis treatment in outpatient clinics in the Portland metro area.

Patricia recognizes common barriers to pursuing counseling - from scheduling difficulties to stigma and logistical obstacles - and maintains a flexible schedule to help clients work through those challenges and access care that fits their lives.