About Paul
Paul Hernandez Jr. is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas with decades of experience helping people manage anxiety and related concerns. He uses a straightforward, respectful style and focuses on practical steps people can take right away. He draws on client-centered work to make sessions collaborative.
That means he listens first, then helps shape goals together. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is part of his toolkit for changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors tied to anxiety, stress, and sleep problems.
Background and approach
Over more than three decades he has supported people facing addictions, anger, trauma, grief, and difficulties with relationships or parenting. He has also worked with career and academic concerns and helps people handle major life changes. He combines individual counseling with group and career-focused work when useful.
In sessions he aims to be warm and interactive. Conversations are tailored to each person’s situation, with clear steps, practice between sessions, and tracking what helps. He also uses motivational interviewing techniques to strengthen determination and commitment when people want to change behaviors like substance use.
Clients can expect direct feedback alongside empathy and practical exercises they can use at home. He emphasizes building skills for managing emotions, improving communication, and reducing anxiety symptoms. The goal is steady progress toward the priorities the person brings to therapy.
How his approaches work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and working from the person’s goals. Online sessions give space for that kind of open conversation so the therapist and client can set priorities together and adjust pace as needed.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) identifies patterns of thought and behavior that keep anxiety and stress going. In video or phone sessions he teaches practical CBT exercises and assigns short practices to build new habits between meetings.
Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change behaviors like substance use or unhealthy routines. It’s a collaborative, respectful method that fits well with brief check-ins by chat or text when someone needs reminders or encouragement.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. He will talk with each person about needs, goals, and preferences and then try methods that match those priorities. Adjustments happen as progress is tracked so the plan stays relevant.
Online formats make therapy more flexible. Video calls let you see facial cues and practice skills together. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is low or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick updates, coaching between sessions, and keeping momentum on busy days.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 33 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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