About Paul
Paul Steele uses a straightforward, client-centered approach to guide people through stress, anxiety, and life transitions. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, with 17 years of experience in Florida. He speaks English and frames sessions around each person’s needs and goals.
He focuses on concerns like depression, self-esteem, motivation, relationship and intimacy issues, and trauma and abuse. He also helps people facing grief, career uncertainty, compassion fatigue, and attention-related struggles such as ADHD.
How Paul works
Many practical problems are part of his work too, including communication problems, caregiver stress, and blended family challenges. Sessions are conversational and goal-focused. Paul adapts techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and solution-focused work to help people notice patterns and try new approaches.
He also uses client-centered and psychodynamic ideas to listen for meaning and history that shape current difficulties. Paul’s style is respectful and straightforward. He works to create a plan that fits a person’s life.
He encourages small steps that build confidence and reduce overwhelm. People connect with him to work on practical coping skills as well as longer-term personal growth. He helps set clear goals and checks in on progress.
Starting therapy is often the hardest step, and he aims to make the process easier to manage.
Paul lists 5 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LPC, LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 17 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
How Paul’s Approaches Translate to Online Therapy
Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and following the client's lead. Online sessions let the therapist use that approach to focus on what matters most to each person and adjust pacing and topics in real time.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. Online video or phone sessions can be used to teach practical skills, run short experiments, and plan small behavior changes between meetings.
Motivational interviewing helps people find their own reasons for change and build commitment. It pairs well with text-based check-ins and brief live chat to support momentum between longer sessions.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative step. The therapist will talk about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they will try methods and adjust the plan based on progress and how comfortable the client feels.
Online formats offer real flexibility. Video calls provide face-to-face interaction, phone sessions require less bandwidth, live chat works for quick check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection. These options make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule and continue work even when in-person visits are difficult.
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A practical next step
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