Dr. Patricia Pasick - author, therapist, trainer in family therapy and transitions.

Dr. Pasick tends to write about and work with people who present with a wide range of issues and problems. However, she has expertise with the following:

Individuals and families and couples making transitions to:
- Marriage
- Parenthood (from infancy to parenting married children)
- Empty nest
- Re-location and job changes
- Post-deployment family life
- Divorce
- Step-parenting
- Caretaking older adults
- Living with chronic health issues, including mood disorders
Adjusting to college life
Raising adolescents
Family of origin relationships
Women's development over the life span

Did You Know?

Pat has created an avatar named Ines Phillip on Second Life, a free, online, and virtual world of international adults engaged in discussion, learning, architecture and design, and commerce.

Pat recently raised over $4500 for Rwanda children needing help with school tuition. To make a contribution, contact Pat at ppasick@gmail.com.

In a recent 10K race, Pat finished in the top third of her age group.

During her work in Rwanda, Pat connected over 200 children and youths with three groups of schoolkids in the Detroit/Ann Arbor area. See Rwanda/Michigan Pen Pals link.

In 2006, Pat met some distant cousins of her grandfather's in the Philippines, perhaps the first family linkage between that country and the US since 1911.

Pat is a consulting member of bpeace (Business Women For Peace), a non-governmental organization based in New York City which supports women's small businesses in both Rwanda, and Afghanistan.

Filipino relatives of Pat's were featured on promotional material for a 2006 Smithsonian Asian-Pacifc American program.

Pat contributes to a large genealogical data base about her mother's Tennessee ancestry.

Pat was once a production assistant on ABC's "All My Children."

Pat volunteered as a mental health worker for the American Red Cross and spent time in New York City right after 9-11 helping families.