About Paul
Paul Haggan is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 33 years of practice. He focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy concerns, low self-esteem, motivation, and depression. He frames the client as the expert in their own life and offers steady support through change.
He listens for strengths in each person's story and builds on them. Sessions aim to identify small, practical steps that reduce worry and improve daily functioning.
Background and approach
He emphasizes clear goals and plain language rather than clinical jargon. Paul uses techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to help people test new ways of thinking and try manageable changes. He guides clients to notice what helps and to repeat helpful patterns.
The work is often practical and goal-oriented. He also gives attention to deeper relationship themes such as abandonment, codependency, commitment worries, infidelity, and issues tied to family of origin. He helps people untangle feelings of emptiness, guilt, or isolation and make choices that fit their values.
Clients dealing with blended family challenges, fatherhood questions, or substance concerns can work on concrete steps and communication skills. Paul supports people who want less anxiety, clearer priorities, and more satisfying connections. Paul describes therapy as a collaborative process.
He helps set priorities, track progress, and adjust the plan as goals change.
How CBT and Solution-Focused Work Online
Paul uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and test unhelpful thinking patterns and try different behaviors. CBT breaks worries into thoughts, feelings, and actions so a person can practice small changes between sessions. Solution-Focused Therapy emphasizes clear, short-term goals and the next practical steps that move someone toward the life they want.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Paul talks with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past. Together they choose techniques and adjust them as progress is tracked, keeping the plan practical and focused on what matters to the client.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and situations. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation; phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or for a quick check-in. Live chat and messaging support short, frequent exchanges and ongoing skill practice between sessions. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around work, family, and daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 33 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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