About

Meet Patti Moynihan LMFT

Warm, curious, and on your side.

Patti is not your average therapist. She has spent decades following an insatiable curiosity — psychology, philosophy, and the big question of how people change. She brings all of it into the room with you.

She also genuinely loves this work. Sessions with Patti feel less like an appointment and more like sitting down at a worktable with someone who is fully in your corner.

You are a whole person, not a problem to fix. Patti looks for your strengths first — then helps you put them to work.

Portrait of Patti Moynihan
Patti Moynihan · Therapist in Mount Pleasant, SC

Her approach

We work as a team.

You bring your life. Patti brings training, curiosity, and a box full of practical tools. You set the direction together — and adjust as you go.

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

— Patti Moynihan

Start where you are. Patti starts by listening to whatever you are ready to share. Sessions begin in the present — what is happening now, and what you want instead. You look back only when it helps you move forward.

Her style is humanistic, collaborative, and strength-based — warm, curious, and always moving toward what works.

Methods Patti draws on

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

Many methods, one goal: an approach that fits you.

Why people come

A place to process life

Therapy with Patti 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.

A cozy reading corner with an armchair and shelves of well-loved books
Patti reads widely and shares books and resources generously. Expect a recommendation or two.

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

— Carl Jung

Education

Two graduate degrees

MA in Psychology

University of West Georgia

MS in Marriage and Family Therapy

Valdosta State University

More about Patti

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

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Start where you are.

The first step is a free consultation — a real conversation, no pressure. Bring whatever is on your mind. Patti will meet you there.

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