Eugenia Patru, LMSW, LCSW

Eugenia Patru is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) and Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Michigan and Louisiana with 35 years of professional experience. She helps people who are coping with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship problems, addiction concerns, trauma, grief, and career or parenting pressures. Sessions focus on practical steps that fit everyday life.

Her approach emphasizes clear conversation and concrete tools. She uses methods drawn from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to help people notice unhelpful patterns, test new behaviors, and manage strong emotions. That work often includes identifying thinking habits, learning coping skills, and practicing small experiments between sessions.

Eugenia aims to make the therapy room straightforward and direct. She encourages honest discussion about goals, limits, and what actually gets in the way of change. Topics she commonly addresses include communication problems, control issues, caregiver stress, money worries, and isolation.

When grief, end-of-life planning, or hospice-related stress come up, she supports practical ways to manage decisions and emotions. She also works with people facing divorce or separation, guilt and shame, and post-traumatic stress. The focus is on reasonable steps a person can take today to reduce pressure and increase coping.

Sessions blend talk with skill-building and short-term coaching. Eugenia collaborates with each person to set clear goals and to track progress in simple terms. Practical everyday concerns like work, family duties, and financial strain are part of the conversation.

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