About Paul
Paul Weigel is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in West Virginia with 36 years of experience. He works with adults who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and major life changes. His approach is direct and steady, aimed at helping people find clearer footing during difficult times.
He focuses on practical skills and honest conversation. Sessions look at communication patterns, family history, and everyday habits that keep problems going.
Background and approach
He helps people who feel stuck by breaking issues into manageable steps and building coping strategies that fit daily life. Paul often addresses concerns tied to family background, adoption and foster care, blended family issues, fatherhood, and feelings of abandonment or emptiness. He also supports people facing divorce, separation, commitment worries, codependency, guilt, and forgiveness work.
He pays attention to mood challenges, including disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD) when it appears in life context. His style balances practical tools with time to understand each person’s story. That means working on communication problems, control issues, and relationship patterns alongside emotion regulation skills.
He aims for progress people notice between sessions. Clients connect with him by doing a short matching questionnaire and then scheduling a session. Therapy is offered through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, and sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Paul uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on behavior and relationships. One common approach is skills-based work to manage anxiety and depression, teaching practical tools such as breathing and routine changes to reduce symptoms and improve day-to-day functioning. Another strand focuses on communication and relationship skills, helping people change interaction patterns, set boundaries, and rebuild trust after conflict.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will review your goals, history, and preferences and then recommend techniques that seem likely to help. Together you can try methods and adjust based on what feels most useful and realistic for your life.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let you have a face-to-face conversation without travel, while phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or you need a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief updates, between-session coaching, or people who prefer written communication. These options add flexibility so therapy can fit into busy schedules and different daily routines.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 36 years
- Licensed
- West Virginia
- Languages
- English