About Paul
Dr. Paul Van Zeumeren uses practical, action-oriented therapy to help people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, and depression. He is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 11 years of clinical experience in California.
He focuses on clear steps clients can try between sessions and on improving day-to-day functioning. He draws on client-centered work to ground sessions in the client's priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) shape the tools he offers, such as identifying unhelpful thoughts and learning emotional regulation skills.
How Paul works
Mindfulness techniques are used to reduce reactivity and increase present-moment awareness. His background includes doctoral-level study in clinical psychology and research that informed solution-focused, behavior-oriented interventions. That training guides a practical approach: assess a concern, try a change, and measure what improves.
He also blends addiction counseling experience with psychological methods for sustained recovery support. Dr. Van Zeumeren works with a broad range of concerns beyond addiction and mood issues.
He helps people navigate relationship and family problems, career and life transitions, sleep and eating difficulties, anger and impulsivity, and issues around attachment and abandonment. He also addresses aging and caregiver stress. Sessions emphasize collaboration and clear goals.
Clients can expect straightforward techniques, mindfulness practices, and homework tasks to try between meetings. He aims to help people build habits that reduce distress and improve daily life.
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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.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
How his therapy approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding the person's priorities and building goals from there. Online sessions use this approach to let the client set the pace and choose topics most important to them.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets unhelpful thoughts and behaviors with practical exercises. In remote sessions CBT may include thought records, behavior experiments, and homework adapted for video, phone, or text check-ins.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. These skills can be taught and practiced during video or phone sessions and reinforced through text-based coaching or live chat between meetings.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options, try techniques, and adjust methods based on goals, needs, and what feels most helpful to the client. That collaborative process guides which approaches are emphasized.
Online therapy with this practitioner offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and screen-shared tools. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging make short check-ins and practice prompts easy to fit into a busy day. These options help clients keep therapy consistent and practical.
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