About Paula
Paula Arizola is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 14 years of experience. She helps people manage stress and anxiety, cope with depression, and work through trauma and abuse. Paula focuses on practical steps clients can use every day.
She offers calm, direct support for people who feel stuck or overwhelmed. Paula starts by listening to each person’s story and helping them name the problems that matter most.
Background and approach
She treats clients as the expert on their own lives and builds on the strengths they already have. Sessions often include simple exercises to notice thoughts, explore values, and try new behaviors between meetings. Her work draws from several approaches, including cognitive behavioral techniques, acceptance and commitment ideas, and attachment-based practices.
She uses these methods to help people handle strong emotions, improve relationships, and make clearer choices. The focus is on skills that can be practiced in daily life. Paula also addresses related concerns like self-esteem, body image, codependency, and life changes such as adoption or loss.
She helps people with commitment and communication difficulties, guilt and shame, and recovery after disaster. The goal is steady, measurable progress rather than quick fixes. People who meet with Paula can expect a collaborative, respectful atmosphere.
She helps clients set goals and track small wins over time. For those looking for practical tools and steady support, her approach aims to make change feel possible one step at a time.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and choosing actions that match personal values. Online sessions can help people learn to accept difficult feelings while committing to small, value-driven steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. CBT tools work well over video or messaging because homework and behavior tracking can be shared between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Paula will discuss options and help decide what fits a person’s goals and life. That choice is a collaboration - goals, preferences, and what feels manageable guide the plan rather than a one-size-fits-all method.
Online formats offer flexibility for different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to check in quickly, review short exercises, or get steady support between longer sessions. These options let people fit therapy into busy schedules and try approaches that match their daily routine.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Eating and food-related issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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