Dr. Patrick Fisher, PhD, LPC, NCC

My StoryMi Historia

I've spent 20 years at the intersection of clinical practice, academic research, and system-building — asking the same question over and over: what happens to the people we choose not to see?He pasado 20 años en la intersección de la práctica clínica, la investigación académica y la construcción de sistemas — haciéndome la misma pregunta: ¿qué pasa con las personas que elegimos no ver?

I began my clinical career in 2006 as a Counselor Trainee in Ohio, earned my MS in Psychology and Counseling and MA in Theology from St. Mary Seminary and Graduate School of Theology — both in 2007 — and became a fully Licensed Professional Counselor in 2008. Over the next seven years I served as Director of Counseling Services, leading clinical operations across a multi-site network serving 95 schools. I built crisis response teams, developed trauma-informed protocols, and supported thousands of students, families, and staff through some of the most difficult moments of their lives.Comencé mi carrera clínica en 2006 como Consejero en Entrenamiento en Ohio, obtuve mi maestría en Psicología y Consejería y mi maestría en Teología de St. Mary Seminary — ambas en 2007 — y me convertí en Consejero Profesional Licenciado en 2008. Durante los siguientes siete años serví como Director de Servicios de Consejería, dirigiendo operaciones clínicas en una red sirviendo a 95 escuelas.

In 2016, I founded TheraPetic® Healthcare Provider Group — a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that connects individuals with licensed clinicians for emotional support animal and psychiatric service dog evaluations. What started as a response to the gap between clinical legitimacy and the online mills that were exploiting vulnerable people has grown into a network that has helped more than 50,000 families. TheraPetic holds a BBB A+ rating and a Candid/GuideStar Platinum Transparency Seal.En 2016, fundé TheraPetic® Healthcare Provider Group — una organización 501(c)(3) sin fines de lucro que conecta personas con clínicos licenciados para evaluaciones de ESA y perros de servicio psiquiátrico. Ha ayudado a más de 50,000 familias.

My doctoral research at Walden University examined the lived experiences of adults using emotional support animals to cope with anxiety — one of the first qualitative studies to document ESA efficacy directly from the patient perspective. That dissertation is published in ProQuest and Walden ScholarWorks, and it became the foundation for The Invisible Bond, the first book in The Invisible Series. Both The Invisible Bond and The Invisible Disability are now available in print, ebook, and audiobook on Spotify.Mi investigación doctoral en Walden University examinó las experiencias vividas de adultos usando animales de apoyo emocional para enfrentar la ansiedad — publicada en ProQuest y ScholarWorks. Esa investigación se convirtió en la base de The Invisible Bond.

The MA in Theology gave me something my clinical training didn't: a framework for understanding suffering as both a psychological and existential experience. That dual lens became the Therapeutic Forgiveness Framework™ — an integrative model bridging theology and psychology, with a clinical instrument (the TFI) available in English and Spanish. The formal white paper is published at Zenodo (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18882035) and indexed in ORCID.La maestría en Teología me dio un marco para entender el sufrimiento como experiencia tanto psicológica como existencial. Esa doble perspectiva se convirtió en el Marco de Perdón Terapéutico™.

Today I practice in Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD. I've written ten books. I run five organizations. And I still believe the strongest outcomes happen when rigorous science meets genuine compassion — and when every claim can be independently verified.Hoy practico en Washington, DC y Baltimore, MD. He escrito diez libros. Dirijo cinco organizaciones. Y sigo creyendo que los mejores resultados surgen cuando la ciencia rigurosa se encuentra con la compasión genuina.