Patricia (Pat) La Plante, LPC

Patricia (Pat) La Plante is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Colorado with 31 years of experience. She has worked in hospitals, private practice, and multiple agencies, and she has supported people after disasters and crises. Pat focuses on grief, trauma, and issues that make day-to-day life harder. She welcomes people who are navigating chronic illness, caregiver stress, or major life changes.

Pat has a BA in Communications from Virginia Tech, an MA in counseling, and an MA in spiritual formation. Early work with eating disorder patients benefited from a nutrition minor. Her background includes crisis response roles with mobile crisis teams and community organizations. She also has experience walking with people at the end of life and those coping with bereavement.

In sessions Pat uses practical, straightforward conversation. She listens closely, asks clarifying questions, and helps clients notice patterns that keep them stuck. Techniques draw on client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral tools, and emotionally-focused ideas when needed. She also incorporates Jungian perspectives to explore deeper personal meaning when that fits the client.

Clients can expect a collaborative tone. Pat describes her role as guide, mentor, and encourager rather than someone who fixes problems for you. Together she and the client look at how situations developed and identify small, realistic steps forward.

Her work often addresses stress, anxiety, depression, compassion fatigue, caregiving strain, chronic pain or illness, grief and end-of-life concerns, and post-traumatic stress. People reach out for help with relationships, parenting challenges, career questions, and finding purpose after loss or major change.

How these approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and meeting the person where they are. It helps people who need space to tell their story and to feel heard while they consider next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and breaks them into manageable parts. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes, where small shifts can reduce distress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss your goals and preferences and together you will choose methods that fit your situation. That collaboration allows adjustments over time based on what is helpful and what is not.

The biography does not specify which online session formats are offered, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make scheduling easier and help sessions fit into a busy day. It can also allow shorter check-ins, avoid travel time, and let people connect from different locations, including international clients when arranged. Licensed professionals can adapt conversation-based methods and CBT exercises to an online setting to keep therapy practical and goal-oriented.