Therapist profile
Paula Arizola, LPC
Texas
Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas - Stress and Trauma
Continue with PaulaWhere Paula stands
- Credentials
- LPC
- License
- LPC, Texas / 60705
- NPI
- 1073709184
- Experience
- 14 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Texas
About
- CBT methods
- DBT skills
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
About Paula
Paula Arizola is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 14 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, and life changes. Paula focuses on practical support for everyday problems rather than labels or diagnoses.
She invites clients to use their own strengths as the starting point. Sessions tend to be straightforward and paced to what each person can handle. Paula emphasizes building skills to cope with intense feelings and to manage daily demands without giving up personal needs.
Her approach draws on several evidence-informed methods. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and replace them with more useful ones. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers specific skills for managing emotion and improving distress tolerance. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) supports noticing difficult thoughts while moving toward valued actions.
Attachment-Based Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy shape how she works in the room. That means attention to relationship patterns and listening without directing every step. Together these approaches are used to address issues such as attachment concerns, codependency, body image, and communication problems.
Paula also helps with specific areas like abandonment, adoption and foster care experiences, commitment worries, control issues, and guilt or shame. Her focus is on helping people find clearer choices and steadier ways of coping. To begin, she asks prospective clients to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How sessions work
How Paula’s approaches translate to online sessions
Paula uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot patterns of thinking that make stress and anxiety worse, then practice alternative thoughts and behaviors. CBT is useful for depression, worry, and everyday coping skills.She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which encourages noticing difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then choosing actions that reflect personal values. That approach can help people who struggle with avoidance, shame, or low motivation.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Paula and the client review goals and try methods that fit the person’s preferences and life demands. She adapts the mix of techniques over time based on what helps most in real life.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to schedule meetings around work or family commitments, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. They can also let someone use phone-only meetings if bandwidth or camera use is difficult. These practical benefits often help people maintain steady contact with a licensed professional while working on codependency, boundary setting, and emotion regulation.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
14+ years
Listed in
Texas
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem struggles, depression, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style?
She listens without taking over and focuses on practical skills and steady progress using several talking-therapy approaches.
How much experience does she have?
She has 14 years of professional experience as a counselor working in Texas settings.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Texas and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
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Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.