About Paul
Paul Brunner is a licensed clinical social worker based in Colorado. He holds a Master of Social Work and carries LCSW and CSW credentials. Paul has 15 years of experience working in mental health, including a lengthy period of service linked to the military and veteran communities.
He focuses on helping people who struggle with stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, and related concerns. Paul uses clear, practical methods in sessions. He draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and change patterns.
Background and approach
He also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotion regulation and coping, and EMDR when trauma memories are a central issue. His background includes work as an Army mental health technician and later as an active duty social worker and officer. That experience shaped his approach to trauma and substance-related problems and to supporting people who have lived through violence or abuse.
He has practiced in Colorado and holds licenses for Colorado and North Carolina. Sessions focus on realistic goals and step-by-step strategies. Paul often blends skills training, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to help people make changes that fit their daily life.
He aims to meet people where they are and build practical plans for moving forward. People can expect straightforward conversation about symptoms and skills to manage them. Paul offers a mix of short-term problem solving and longer-term work, depending on what a person needs and wants.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online care
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helps people identify thoughts and behaviors that feed anxiety or depression and then practice new ways of thinking and acting. It is often used to address worry, panic, low mood, and sleep problems.EMDR, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is a trauma-focused method that works with distressing memories to reduce their emotional charge and lessen symptoms tied to past events. It can be helpful when trauma memories continue to cause strong reactions.
DBT, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills. Those tools are useful when strong emotions or impulsive reactions get in the way of daily life.
Paul treats this as a collaborative process. He will review symptoms, goals, and personal preferences to decide which approach or combination makes sense. That choice can shift over time as needs change and progress is reviewed.
Online therapy lets people access these approaches through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is good for full sessions and skill practice, phone calls work when bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging support quick check-ins or between-session work. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep continuity of care when in-person visits are difficult.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina, Colorado
- Languages
- English
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