About Paula
Paula Langford is a clinical social worker with three decades of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and low self-esteem. She holds an MD and is an LCSW-C, and she practices from Maryland while seeing clients in English, including international clients. Her work emphasizes practical steps people can use right away.
Paula blends traditional psychotherapy with holistic options to reduce anxiety and improve overall functioning. She offers a mix of conversational therapy and other techniques that aim to calm the body and mind.
How Paula works
Sessions are aimed at immediate relief as well as longer-term change. Her background includes work with people facing chronic pain, illness, or disability and those coping with divorce or major life transitions. She also supports people dealing with workplace stress, social anxiety, seasonal affective disorder, and issues related to military service and post-traumatic stress.
Paula favors an individualized, straightforward approach. She helps clients clarify goals and choose strategies that fit their lives. When someone is unsure about next steps, she offers short coaching-style sessions to set priorities and move forward.
Therapy sessions are available by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. The format is chosen to match each person’s needs and schedule, and subscriptions can be canceled at any time.
What Paula works with
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Training and background
| Registers | MD, LCSW-C |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Maryland |
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Online support options
Approaches that calm the body and mind online
Paula uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques alongside other approaches to reduce symptoms and restore daily functioning. One common approach focuses on talking therapy and behavioral strategies that help people manage stress and anxiety by changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. This approach is useful for depression, social anxiety, workplace stress, and seasonal mood shifts.She also incorporates body-focused and calming techniques aimed at lowering arousal and easing trauma-related reactions. These methods teach simple practices people can use between sessions to reduce tension and improve sleep, which helps with chronic pain and post-traumatic stress symptoms.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Paula collaborates with each person to pick techniques that match their goals, life demands, and comfort level. She will adjust methods over time based on progress and feedback.
Online therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences. Video is useful for a fuller interaction and nonverbal cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text can suit brief check-ins or people who prefer not to be on camera. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, travel, or caregiving responsibilities.
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