Patricia Sumlin, LMFT
California · 25 years in practice
Patricia Sumlin is a licensed marriage and family therapist who focuses on helping people regain balance during stressful and painful times.
License and registration
- LMFT, California
- 44844 · expires October 2026
- LMFT, Washington
- LF 60059026 · expires October 2026
- NPI
- 1891899027 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Patricia
Patricia Sumlin is a licensed marriage and family therapist who focuses on helping people regain balance during stressful and painful times. She spends sessions listening, outlining clear steps, and helping clients build practical skills to handle anxiety, trauma, grief, relationship strain, and life transitions.
With 25 years of experience, Patricia blends Jungian ideas with evidence-based tools to give people new ways to understand themselves. She keeps language plain and direct, and aims for straightforward conversations that lead to usable coping strategies.
Background and approach
The work is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. Her background includes work in community mental health, residential programs, hospice support, and clinics serving diverse populations. That history informs a flexible approach to common problems like depression, addiction, chronic illness, and caregiver stress.
She also supports people navigating identity, sexual orientation, and the coming-out process. Patricia draws from several methods including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-focused work, client-centered care, and cognitive behavioral techniques. These methods are used to develop emotional regulation, improve communication, and reduce symptoms that interfere with daily life.
In online sessions she offers video calls, phone conversations, live chat, and text-based messaging so people can choose what fits their schedule. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time and costs vary with location and therapist availability.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Patricia lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Patricia names
- Jungian Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Jungian-informed work focuses on symbols, dreams, and personal meaning to help people make sense of inner patterns and life changes. It can be useful for clients who want deeper self-understanding and a way to connect current struggles to longer-term life themes.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, centers on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It teaches practical exercises to clarify values and take actions that move a person toward a meaningful life, which helps with anxiety, depression, and coping with change.
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape trust and connection. This approach helps people improve how they relate to others, manage relationship anxiety, and repair emotional injuries.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Patricia will work with each client to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That collaborative process may combine approaches and adjust over time as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into busy lives. Video can replicate a traditional session, phone calls work well when internet bandwidth is limited, chat or texting can be used for brief check-ins, and messaging allows ongoing reflection between meetings. These formats give flexibility for appointments and make it easier to keep therapy consistent.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Patricia address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family issues, addiction, grief, intimacy challenges, eating and sleeping problems, parenting strain, anger, low self-esteem, career questions, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and related concerns.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style is direct, nonjudgmental, and practical. She combines Jungian ideas with ACT, attachment work, client-centered techniques, and CBT to build skills and insight.
How much experience does she have?
Patricia has 25 years of experience working in clinics, residential programs, hospice, and community settings across diverse populations.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - LMFT - holding California LMFT and Washington LMFT LF credentials and practices from Washington.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
Clients can meet by video call, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and preferences.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription plan that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session based on therapist availability.
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