Patrick Gehrlich, Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Patrick Gehrlich, Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Verified
Telehealth Available
Professions: Clinical Social Worker, Social Worker, Psychotherapist
License Status: I'm a licensed professional.
Primary Credential: Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Telephone: 269-431-2942
Billing and Insurance:
I am an in-network provider for:
- Aetna
- Allied Insurance Group
- BlueCross/BlueShield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS)
- Cigna
- Meritain Health
- Optimum Choice
- Optimum HealthCare
- Optum
- Optum/United Health Care
- Optum Health
- OSCAR
- UMR
- United Behavioral Health
- United Health Care
- UnitedHealthcare
Free Initial Consultation
Evening Availability
What's My Approach to Therapy?
I am a strong believer that with the aid of a trusting, warm, skillful, and open-minded therapist, people can bring about real, positive changes to their lives. I work with my clients in an empathetic and open dialogue to not only find the root causes of current behaviors and thinking patterns, but also to help change them. I do so understanding that each individual is the expert on themselves, so the entire process is collaborative.
I am proud to be part of the LGBTQIA+ community. I work with my clients to help them feel more confident while exploring their sexual orientation, gender, and their place in the community. I have assisted trans and nonbinary individuals in obtaining their gender-affirming medical care. I am well versed in issues concerning kink, poly, and open relationships.
If you are interested in seeing what I can offer, please call or email me, and I would be more than happy to answer any questions you may have. The first step in accomplishing a goal is to set the goal.
Therapy Services & Specialties
- Clinical Supervision
- Consultation
- Individual Therapy & Counseling
- Marriage, Couples, or Relationship Counseling
- Telehealth
Client Age Groups I Work With
- Teens
- Adults
Languages
- English
Groups I Work With
- I specialize in working with the LGBTQIA+, those who have experienced trauma, anxious individuals, those working to adjust to changes in their lives, people trying to find a place in the queer community, polyamorous people, the kink community, and those trying to identify then and change their behavior patterns.
Industries & Communities Served
- BIPOC
- Education
- Entertainment Industry
- First Responder/Medical Professionals
- LGBTQ+
- Self-Employed and Freelance Professionals
- Union First
Client Challenges & Concerns I Address
- Abandonment
- Abuse / Abuse Survivor Issues
- Anxiety
- Attachment Issues
- Bipolar
- Body Image
- Borderline
- Breakup
- Bullying
- Chronic Illness / Disability
- Codependency / Dependency
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Emotional Abuse
- Emotional Intelligence
- Emotional Overwhelm
- Emptiness
- Gender Dysphoria
- HIV / AIDS
- Identity Issues
- Inadequacy
- Isolation
- LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) Issues
- Men's Issues
- Midlife Crisis / Midlife Transition
- Mood Swings / Mood Disturbance
- Panic
- Perfectionism
- Physical Abuse
- Polyamory / Nonmonogamous Relationships
- Posttraumatic Stress / Trauma
- Prejudice / Discrimination
- Psychosis
- Rejection
- Religious Issues
- Schizophrenia
- Self-Actualization
- Self-Care
- Self-Compassion
- Self-Confidence
- Self-Criticism
- Self-Esteem
- Self-Harm
- Self-Love
- Sensitivity to Criticism
- Sex Addiction
- Sexual Assault / Abuse
- Sexuality / Sex Therapy
- Shame
- Social Anxiety / Phobia
- Stress
- Suicidal Ideation and Behavior
- Trust Issues
- Worry
- Worthlessness
Therapeutic Approaches & Evidence-Based Methods
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Breathwork
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Cognitive Processing Therapy
- Emotionally Focused Therapy
- Mindfulness-Based Interventions
- Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET)
- Object Relations
- Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian Therapy)
- Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT)
- Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
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