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  • Dr. Marcus R. Patterson, Psy.D

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    Licensed Clinical Psychologist

    Dr. Patterson has over a decade of experience serving various mental health populations in various roles and capacities. He has received training in several clinical treatment modalities and provides an eclectic and individualized therapeutic approach when working with clients.  His areas of expertise include: 

    • Depression, Anxiety, and Anger
    • Life Transitions
    • Relationship and Interpersonal Functioning Issues
    • Sexual Identity Issues
    • College-life Issues
    • Grief
    • Substance Abuse and Dependence
    • Racial and Cultural Issues

    I specialize in and enjoy working with men and women of all racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds and sexual orientations. I seek to provide a safe, empathic, and comfortable environment where you may feel secure and empowered to share and explore your thoughts, feelings, and desires. We will work together to identify and bring clarity to the problems and difficulties you are facing in your life. Through our work together, we will collaboratively develop goals and a plan which will improve your quality of life and sense of comfort and well-being. I work from an eclectic perspective and tailor treatment to the needs of individual clients through a strong therapeutic alliance, trust, and compassion. I hold the therapeutic relationship in the highest regard and seek to ensure you feel you have received and been treated with the utmost care and respect.  

    Credentials 

    Licensed Clinical Psychologist in Washington, DC and the Commonwealth of Virginia

    DC: PSY1001492   VA:  0810005630 

    PsyD: Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Argosy University, Arlington, VA 

    MA: Master of Arts in Forensic Psychology, Argosy University, Arlington, VA