About Paul
Paul Hernandez Jr. LPC.S uses a client-centered approach paired with practical strategies to help people manage stress, addiction, anger, and relationship strain. He brings steady experience and a direct style to conversations about parenting concerns, work pressures, grief, and life transitions.
Paul speaks plainly and focuses on what can change now. With 33 years in counseling work and administration, he has led counseling programs and provided individual and group support.
How Paul works
His background includes mental health counseling, addiction work, aggression control counseling, and career guidance. That experience informs his straightforward way of setting goals and tracking progress. Sessions emphasize collaboration and clear, manageable steps.
Paul combines client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral techniques and elements of emotionally-focused work and motivational interviewing. He helps people identify unhelpful thoughts, practice new behaviors, and repair important connections in relationships. People come to him for a mix of immediate coping tools and longer-term change.
He addresses sleep and eating difficulties as they relate to stress and mood, and supports those facing chronic illness, bereavement, or major life shifts. He also offers coaching for career decisions and fatherhood concerns. Paul describes his style as warm and interactive while remaining goal-oriented.
He tailors conversation and plans to each person’s situation. For those ready to make a change, he offers practical guidance and steady support.
Paul lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Paul works with
The areas below are the ones Paul selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Addictions
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 33 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
Using practical approaches in online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding what matters to the person. The therapist follows the client's lead, reflects concerns, and helps people set their own goals. This approach is useful for issues like low self-esteem, parenting strain, and coping with life changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It teaches simple exercises to challenge unhelpful thoughts and try new actions. CBT is often used for anxiety, stress, anger, and problems with sleep or eating.
Finding the right method is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and try approaches that fit the situation. Together they decide whether to focus on skill-building, emotional repair, motivation, or a mix of methods.
Online sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer conversations. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to fit brief support into a busy day or to follow up between longer sessions. These formats offer flexibility for scheduling and for matching the way a person prefers to communicate.
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