Jessie Patton, LCSW specializes in working with children, adolescents, adults, and families navigating anxiety, OCD, depression, picky eating, neurodivergence, school avoidance, trauma, and life transitions.

Ms. Patton’s clinical expertise includes facilitating individual, group, and family therapy, as well as parent coaching sessions. Ms. Patton infuses a relational and strengths-based approach into all of her work with clients, and believes that relationships are a critical tool for healing.

Ms. Patton has previous clinical and supervisory experience in community-based, therapeutic foster care, and behavioral health hospital settings, including intensive outpatient (IOP) and partial hospitalization (PHP) levels of care. Over the years, Ms. Patton has also provided professional development presentations on preventing teen suicide and treating anxiety-based school refusal behavior.

Ms. Patton received her bachelor’s degree in International Studies from Towson University and master’s degree in Clinical Social Work from George Mason University. Ms. Patton has a Certificate in Couples and Family Therapy and has completed various trainings which she integrates into her work, as applicable to client needs and goals:

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for ARFID (CBT-AR)
Collaborative and Proactive Solutions (CPS)
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE)