Whether supervising my thoughtful team of Associate Marriage & Family Therapists, educating about body-based psychology, or sharing my personal story - years of experience reveal I'm most at home guiding clients and audiences toward connection and greater understanding.

With the heart of a preschool teacher, the mind of a therapist, and the spirit of a poet, I excel at making complex concepts accessible—fostering practices that elevate our clinical work, workplaces, and human connections.

I invite you to explore my website and professional portfolio for more details. I look forward to connecting with you soon!

Warmly,
PatrickLyra*

*Pronunciation: Pah-trikLie-rah

Bio

PatrickLyra Wilder (they/them) LMFT specializes in somatic psychotherapy, focusing on trauma integration, identity formation, neurodivergence, and healing from high-control religion, intimate violence, and unhealthy relationship dynamics (unethical non-monogamy, harmful approaches to partnership, whether in polyamory or monogamy).

With advanced training from Yale School of Medicine’s Child Study Center and a decade serving as preschool and kindergarten teacher, PatrickLyra integrates inner family systems and developmental science (including attachment) to help clients build self-anchored connections welcoming of complexities like kink, relational anarchy (def’n: no one relational style is better or healthier than any other - and relationship with oneself is primary) and neuroaffirmation.

A current participant in LA CAMFT’s White Therapists Fighting Racism, PatrickLyra previously served as the founding Director of the new LGBTQIA+ Programs at Pacific Pride Foundation from 2015–2020, where they championed intersectional competency in LGBTQIA2S+ and BIPOC mental health in a number of Central California’s “flyover” regions.

Outside the therapy room PatrickLyra writes poetry, revels in witnessing queer emerging adult mentees thrive, backpacks the High Sierra - and - is the devoted “parent” of co-therapist FionaJane the cat (who, let’s be real, considers herself the real parent in this relationship).