Patricia Berendsen

Walking into a first session with Patricia Berendsen, many clients feel the quiet surprise of being genuinely received — not assessed, not advised, but actually met. Patricia is a Registered Marriage and Family Therapist based in London, Ontario, with 28 years of clinical experience spanning individuals, couples, families, and groups across a wide range of concerns, from anxiety and mood disorders to addiction, trauma, and abuse recovery.

Her practice draws on Somatic Experiencing, Emotionally Focused Therapy, and attachment-based work — an approach grounded in the understanding that lasting change is felt in the body, not just reasoned through in the mind. She works with children, adolescents, and adults, and brings particular depth to couples struggling to reconnect when years of careful distance have replaced honest expression. Patricia knows that loneliness doesn’t announce itself; it hides in the habit of scrolling past dozens of faces without pausing at a single one. That quiet disconnection is something she takes seriously in her work.

Patricia brings her own lived experience of loss, illness, and family struggle into the room — not as a credential, but as the source of her genuine empathy. She considers the therapeutic relationship a collaboration, moving at a pace that respects each client’s nervous system, because transformation built on safety tends to hold.