About Paula
Paula Lister is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Oklahoma with 30 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and issues tied to trauma and abuse. Paula emphasizes practical steps and steady support for those who want more ease in daily life.
Paula trusts that each person knows their own story. She looks for strengths the client already has and builds on them. Sessions move at a pace that fits the person and focus on usable tools for coping and problem-solving.
Background and approach
Her work includes helping people manage relationship and intimacy concerns, sleep problems, and struggles with addictions. Paula also supports people dealing with chronic pain, illness, or disability and those facing end-of-life and hospice concerns. She addresses feelings of isolation, control issues, and communication struggles.
With many years in practice, Paula offers a calm, steady presence. She helps people unpack panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, and mood-related challenges in straightforward ways. The aim is clearer thinking and better daily functioning rather than medical claims.
Paula offers sessions in English and provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. To get started, users complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to availability.
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Paula uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and recovery. One common approach she uses emphasizes building coping skills to manage anxiety and panic - teaching breathing, grounding, and stepwise exposure to reduce intense reactions. Another approach focuses on processing trauma and its effects through paced work that helps reduce symptoms and improve daily routines.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Paula collaborates with each person to identify goals, try strategies, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. The process is gradual and guided by the client's needs and preferences.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for full conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging offer shorter, more frequent contact for moments that need support between sessions. These formats make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into busy lives while keeping focus on progress and practical change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma
- Languages
- English
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