My name is Patricia Johnson, and I am a Marriage and Family Therapist Associate, under the direct supervision of Nahomie Guillaume LMFT. I have come to this path and passion via many years in finance and real estate, where I worked diligently and passionately to negotiate and advocate on behalf of clients. Our company created effective strategies in order to avoid foreclosure, satisfy the lender, and allow my clients a respite and a solution, albeit a highly emotionally difficult one. It was by working with the awful decision to walk away from their homes that I saw how one managed grief and loss. This was during the Great Recession, when thousands of people were living with under-water mortgages and very little was known about short sales.