About Paul
Paul Farley offers straightforward, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, or big life changes. He writes plainly and listens closely to help clients notice what matters and take small steps forward. Paul is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with eight years of clinical experience in Michigan.
Clients commonly bring concerns like relationship strain, grief, low self-esteem, ADHD challenges, and trauma recovery. Paul helps people name what is happening, understand patterns, and try simple skills that can ease daily life.
Background and approach
He also supports work-related stress, questions about identity and sexuality, and struggles with intimacy. Paul blends several approaches depending on the person in front of him. He uses cognitive-behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
He draws on emotionally focused ideas when emotions and attachment issues are central. He also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take meaningful action. Sessions are collaborative and practical.
Paul aims to keep conversations direct but warm, and to build tools clients can use between appointments. He explains ideas in everyday language and checks in about progress as therapy continues. Paul works with people across a range of life challenges, including mood concerns like depression and bipolar disorder, trauma and abuse, and struggles with impulse control or shame.
He offers phone, video, live chat, and text-based messaging for flexible ongoing care.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, get clear about what matters, and take small steps toward those values. It is useful when someone feels stuck or overwhelmed and wants practical direction for everyday life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on changing thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going; it works well for anxiety, depression, and habit patterns by teaching concrete skills to test and shift unhelpful thinking.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then suggest ways to blend methods. That collaborative process makes it easier to try something and adjust if it doesn’t fit.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets a therapist and client see and hear each other for a full conversation. Phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth is limited or someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief check-ins or ongoing written work easy to fit into a busy week. These options give flexibility to match the pace and style a person needs.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English