About Paul
Paul Steele is a licensed counselor with a practical, people-focused style. He uses straightforward conversation to help clients facing stress, anxiety, depression, and life changes. Paul emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion in every session.
He draws on 17 years of experience working with concerns such as family conflict, self-esteem, grief, trauma and abuse, and intimacy-related issues. Paul also helps with career questions, coaching, compassion fatigue, and ADHD-related struggles. He adapts the pace and focus to each person's needs.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear goals and steps clients can try between meetings. Paul blends listening with approaches that encourage new ways of thinking and trying small experiments. That mix is meant to reduce overwhelm and build confidence in handling everyday problems.
Paul works with people dealing with blended family issues, caregiver stress, aging and geriatric concerns, and communication or control problems. He also addresses body image, isolation, life purpose, and men’s issues in a pragmatic way that honors personal values. He is licensed as an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - and as an LMHC - Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Florida.
Paul offers flexible session formats to fit different schedules and comfort levels. If you want a down-to-earth approach and clear next steps, he can help you figure out what comes next.
Therapeutic approaches that work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and helping people find their own solutions. It’s useful when someone needs a supportive space to sort feelings and make decisions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect mood and teaches specific skills to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is often chosen for anxiety, depression, panic, and OCD-related concerns.Finding the right fit is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past. From there he adjusts which methods and exercises to use so sessions match what the person wants to work on.
Online therapy offers flexibility across several formats. Video calls let a person see facial cues and hold a longer session. Phone sessions work well when less bandwidth is available or when being on camera isn’t preferable. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, quick coping strategies, or keeping momentum between longer meetings. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, caregiving, and travel while keeping a steady course of care.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Florida, South Carolina, Georgia
- Languages
- English