- Stress and anxiety
- Grief and loss
- Practical coping
About Bret
Bret Patterson is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Mississippi. He combines straightforward talk with practical tools to help people manage stress, anxiety, grief, anger, depression, and relationship struggles.
He draws on four years of counseling experience and a long career before that as a paramedic and clinical educator. That background shaped a calm, direct style and an emphasis on clear steps you can try between sessions. Bret says he treats everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion.
Sessions focus on what matters to the individual client. He adapts conversations and plans to each person’s needs, whether the goal is coping with life changes, improving communication, or working through trauma and abuse. He also addresses issues like addictions, intimacy concerns, self-esteem, career stress, and compassion fatigue.
Bret lists Coping with natural or human-caused disaster among his areas of focus and can help people process frightening events and unwanted disruption. He also works with concerns such as abandonment, codependency, chronic illness and pain, and caregiver stress.
People meet him for practical strategies and steady support. He encourages small, achievable steps and helps track progress over time. To begin, prospective clients follow the site’s intake steps to match and schedule sessions.
How Bret’s approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and making the session fit the person. It helps when someone needs acceptance, validation, and a space to sort feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thinking and behavior patterns and gives concrete tools to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful habits. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and improving interpersonal effectiveness when emotions feel overwhelming.Finding the right approach is a shared process. Bret works collaboratively to choose methods that match a person’s goals and daily life. He adapts techniques as needs change and checks in so the plan stays useful and realistic.
Please confirm the available session options before booking, since formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also lets people use talk-based methods, behavioral homework, and mindfulness exercises between sessions. Ask about formats and scheduling when you complete the matching questionnaire so sessions can be arranged to work with your routine.
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Primary focus
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
4+ years
Credentials
Mississippi
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does Bret help with?
He works with stress, anxiety, grief, anger, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, self-esteem, career concerns, and coping with life changes.
What is his general therapeutic style?
He uses a direct, respectful approach that combines listening with practical steps. Sessions emphasize clear strategies you can try between meetings.
What experience does he bring to therapy?
He has four years of clinical counseling experience and spent 25 years as a paramedic and clinical educator before becoming a counselor.
What are his credentials and where is he located?
He is an LPC, which stands for Licensed Professional Counselor, and practices in Mississippi.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with him?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.