- 31 years experience
- Grief and trauma support
- Client-centered approach
About Patricia
Patricia (Pat) La Plante is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Colorado with more than 30 years of clinical experience. She has worked in hospitals, independent practice, and community agencies since receiving her license in 1992. Pat has responded as a crisis counselor and first responder after hurricanes, mass shootings, natural disasters, and other large-scale events. She has also supported people walking with serious illness, the dying, and those grieving loss.
Pat combines clear listening with practical guidance. She helps people name what feels overwhelming and then outline manageable steps forward. Her style is direct and encouraging, with an emphasis on understanding how past patterns affect current struggles. Many people seek her help for stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship and family concerns, and self esteem challenges.
Her training includes a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Virginia Tech, a Master of Arts in Counseling, and a Master of Arts in Spiritual Formation. She also completed a minor in nutrition that informed earlier work with eating disorders. Over three decades she has worked in crisis units, rescue missions, and behavioral health agencies.
In sessions Pat frames herself as a guide and mentor rather than someone who fixes problems for others. She works collaboratively to trace how issues began, identify what keeps them going, and choose practical changes that fit each person’s life. Her work also touches on caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, family of origin issues, forgiveness, guilt and shame, and life purpose.
Pat offers help for people facing post-traumatic stress, first responder stress, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and coping with large-scale or personal disasters. She welcomes international clients and conducts sessions in English.
Pat combines clear listening with practical guidance. She helps people name what feels overwhelming and then outline manageable steps forward. Her style is direct and encouraging, with an emphasis on understanding how past patterns affect current struggles. Many people seek her help for stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship and family concerns, and self esteem challenges.
Her training includes a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Virginia Tech, a Master of Arts in Counseling, and a Master of Arts in Spiritual Formation. She also completed a minor in nutrition that informed earlier work with eating disorders. Over three decades she has worked in crisis units, rescue missions, and behavioral health agencies.
In sessions Pat frames herself as a guide and mentor rather than someone who fixes problems for others. She works collaboratively to trace how issues began, identify what keeps them going, and choose practical changes that fit each person’s life. Her work also touches on caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, family of origin issues, forgiveness, guilt and shame, and life purpose.
Pat offers help for people facing post-traumatic stress, first responder stress, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and coping with large-scale or personal disasters. She welcomes international clients and conducts sessions in English.