About Patti

Not your average therapist.

Patti Moynihan has spent decades chasing one big question: how do people change? Her curiosity about psychology and philosophy is insatiable. She reads constantly, trains widely, and brings all of it into the room — with energy, warmth, and a genuine love of the work.

Sessions with Patti feel like good conversations with a coach in your corner. Expect curiosity. Expect laughter. Expect to leave with something useful — a skill, a fresh angle, a next step. She is direct when it helps, gentle when it matters, and always on your side.

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Patti MoynihanMount Pleasant, SC

Her approach

We work as a team.

There is no script here, and no one-size-fits-all plan. Patti starts where you are — in the present, with whatever you are ready to share. You look back only if it helps you move forward.

You bring the knowledge of your own life. She brings the methods and the questions. Together, you set the direction, test what works, and keep moving.

“I believe every person is unique, so I create an approach specific to you.”

— Patti

Humanistic · Collaborative · Strength-based · Curious

Methods she draws on

  • EMDR
  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)
  • Gottman Method
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Family systems
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Solution-focused therapy
  • Person-centered therapy
  • Positive psychology
  • Hypnosis
  • Skills-based coaching

Many tools, one point: an approach that fits the person in front of her. You will never be squeezed into a method that does not fit.

“Therapy is a place to slow down, sort through, and untangle life… You don't have to be sick to go to therapy — everybody needs a place to process life. It's not abnormal to struggle. We all struggle.”

— Patti Moynihan

Education

Two master's degrees. One lifelong student.

  • MA in Psychology University of West Georgia
  • MS in Marriage and Family Therapy Valdosta State University

And the learning never stopped. Patti keeps studying how people grow, heal, and change — and she passes the good stuff on. Ask her for a book recommendation. She has one ready.

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The to-be-read pile is real

More of the story

How Patti got here.

More about how Patti came to this work is on its way.

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Free consultation

Curious? Good. Bring that.

The first conversation is free. Come as you are, ask whatever you like, and see how it feels to talk with Patti.

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