Kenneth "Patrick" Fisher

Kenneth Patrick Fisher is a doctoral-level Licensed Professional Counselor and National Certified Counselor with twenty years of clinical practice in the District of Columbia. His work concentrates on anxiety in its many forms, persistent stress, grief and loss, and the disorientation that accompanies major life transitions. He draws on a long-standing interest in the human-animal bond, informed by doctoral research into assistance animals and anxiety, as one thread in making sense of regulation and companionship.

Many of his clients are professionals who carry heavy responsibility and little permission to focus on their own wellbeing. He also works with caregivers, people managing chronic illness or disability, and those facing isolation, attachment ruptures, or anticipatory grief. He pays particular attention to forgiveness, guilt, and the slow work of rebuilding a sense of self after loss or upheaval.

His manner is warm, direct, and collaborative. He frames the therapeutic process as joint sense making, paced to what an individual can manage, with practical attention to restoring footing and cultivating self care and self love where those have been eroded by stress or trauma.