About Paula
Paula Arizola helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, and big life changes. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, and she draws on 14 years of experience when supporting clients. Her style is straightforward and respectful.
She encourages people to use their own strengths to move forward. She believes each person knows their story best. Sessions focus on practical skills and clear goals rather than jargon.
Background and approach
Paula listens closely and works with clients to identify small, doable steps toward feeling better. She frames setbacks as part of learning, not failure. Paula blends several approaches to meet each person’s needs.
That can include ideas from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot thinking patterns, and Attachment-Based work to understand relationship wounds. She uses techniques from Dialectical Behavior Therapy and client-centered care when calm problem solving and emotional regulation are needed.
Her background across 14 years includes helping people cope after loss, navigate control and communication problems, and manage eating or body image concerns. She also supports those dealing with abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, and gender identity questions. Clients may find practical tools for guilt, shame, codependency, and commitment issues.
Sessions are offered in English and take place with online formats like video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Paula works with people in Texas and offers a collaborative, paced approach that lets the client set goals and move at a comfortable rate.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps clarify what matters to someone and encourages small actions that match those values. It can be useful for stress, anxiety, and feeling stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking and testing different responses. It often helps with depression, anxiety, and coping with change. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and emotional reactions, which can help with trust, abandonment, and communication problems.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Paula will talk with the client about goals and preferences, then suggest methods that fit. That choice is collaborative and may shift as progress is made or new priorities appear.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone can be a lighter option when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging allow short check-ins and ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep consistent momentum toward goals.
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What this counselor works with
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- 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