About Paul
Paul Dokey, LCSW, helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, grief, and relationship concerns. He offers a steady, present-focused approach so clients can say what they need to say and begin to make changes. His style is calm and practical, aimed at everyday problems and real-life coping skills.
He brings 20 years of experience in mental health work in Montana. That background includes supporting people with trauma and post-traumatic stress, attention challenges like ADHD, and issues around intimacy and parenting.
Background and approach
Paul holds a Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Anthropology and the Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential, LCSW. In sessions he uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify thinking patterns that get in the way. He also teaches mindfulness and acceptance-based skills to reduce reactivity and build self-acceptance.
Conversations stay focused on the present and on steps a person can try between meetings. Paul also draws on attachment-based and client-centered ideas to help people understand how close relationships shape feeling and behavior. Those perspectives guide work on communication, commitment concerns, and wounds from early abandonment or separation.
Therapy can include skills practice, thought tracking, and short experiments to test new ways of coping. Paul works with adults and couples who want concrete tools to manage anxiety, depression, anger, or life transitions. He aims to keep sessions straightforward and usable.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Paul frequently uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which focuses on noticing thoughts and choosing actions that match personal values. ACT helps people who feel stuck by teaching simple experiments and willingness practices to handle difficult feelings.He also applies Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to map thinking patterns and test them against real situations. CBT gives concrete tools like thought records and behavioral experiments that can reduce anxiety and change self-defeating habits.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Paul will discuss your needs, goals, and preferences and then try methods that fit you. Together you can adjust techniques if something does not feel helpful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for deeper conversations and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions can fit a short check-in or days with limited bandwidth. Live chat and text are useful for ongoing support, quick coping tips, or brief skill practice between longer sessions. These options make therapy more flexible to match work schedules, travel, or varying energy levels.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Montana
- Languages
- English
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