Dr. Patricia Frueh, MI Psychologist 6301008874

Dr. Patricia Frueh is a Michigan psychologist with a calm, down-to-earth approach. She aims to make people feel heard and respected. She often uses gentle humor to ease tension and looks for clients' strengths even when things feel hard.

Pat has spent 28 years helping people with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and grief. She also supports people facing relationship and parenting challenges, midlife transitions, sleep and eating problems, and effects of past trauma. She pays attention to life purpose, shame or guilt, and feelings of isolation that can come with big changes.

Her work blends practical strategies and reflective conversation. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mindfulness practices, solution-focused ideas, and trauma-focused methods when useful. Sessions focus on clear goals, skills you can try between meetings, and noticing what helps you move forward.

Pat tailors the pace and style to each person. She listens for strengths and resilience, then helps people build on them. The aim is steady progress toward clearer priorities and more manageable day-to-day coping.

If you are thinking about changes in midlife, struggling with mood or anxiety, or carrying effects of past abuse, she offers steady support and practical tools to begin making shifts.

How her approaches fit with online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice what matters to them and take small steps toward those values. It uses short exercises and practical commitments to reduce avoidance and increase meaningful action. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns with concrete strategies such as activity planning and thought records. These methods are useful for anxiety, depression, panic, and mood management. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) brings skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal effectiveness, often taught in short practice exercises.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences with each person and adapt strategies together. Clients and therapist choose what fits best and adjust as progress is observed.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also supports using mindfulness and skills practice between meetings, and lets people try behavioral experiments in everyday settings while keeping continuity with a licensed professional.