About Paul
Paul Marion is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Missouri. He helps people facing anxiety, stress, grief, depression, and relationship or family challenges. He aims to make therapy practical and goal oriented so clients leave with tools they can use right away.
Paul draws on a mix of approaches to help people change thoughts and behaviors that get in the way. He often uses techniques that break problems into manageable steps and focuses on actions clients can try between sessions.
Background and approach
Sessions are collaborative and paced to match each person's needs. In practice he addresses concerns such as anger, self-esteem, intimacy-related issues, parenting stress, compassion fatigue, and coping with life changes. He also works with issues related to attachment, abandonment, body image, and recovery after separation or divorce.
Hospice and end-of-life counseling are included among his experience. Paul has five years of clinical experience as an LPC in Missouri. He explains things in straightforward language and sets clear goals with the people he sees.
That practical approach helps people track small wins and build on them. Therapy sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Those options aim to fit into busy lives and make it easier to check in when needed.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Paul often uses cognitive-behavioral techniques that help identify unhelpful thoughts and replace them with more balanced thinking. These methods are practical and often include short exercises to try between sessions, which can help with anxiety, stress, and low mood.He also draws on family systems ideas to understand how patterns in close relationships affect current problems. That perspective helps when family interaction or parenting issues keep recurring patterns alive and when people want clearer boundaries or roles.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to outline goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. Together they decide whether to focus on thought work, relationship patterns, or a blend of methods.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy schedules. Video calls approximate an in-person session, phone sessions can be easier when a shorter check-in is needed, and live chat or text messaging work well for brief updates or stepped care between longer meetings. These formats make it possible to keep progress steady while fitting therapy into everyday life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Grief
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
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