Paula Smith, LCSW

Paula Smith is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with four years of experience practicing in Texas. She focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, addiction-related concerns, grief, relationship challenges, and LGBT identity matters. Paula also lists codependency, attachment issues, and caregiver stress among her additional focus areas.

She works with people who are dealing with trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, low self-esteem, and the fallout from separation or divorce. Paula helps clients name patterns that keep them stuck and practice different ways of responding. Sessions are straightforward and focused on skills and understanding.

Her approach blends several evidence-based methods. Paula uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to look at thinking patterns and behavior. She draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotion regulation and Mindfulness Therapy to build present-moment awareness. Motivational Interviewing helps when change feels difficult, and psychodynamic ideas are used to look at relationship patterns rooted in the past.

Paula pays attention to identity factors and cultural context when relevant. She works with people coping with chronic illness, blended family stress, first responder issues, and complications from co-occurring problems. Therapy sessions aim to improve communication, reduce distress, and strengthen practical coping tools.

To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, and costs vary with location.

How her approaches work in online sessions