About Paula
Paula Mardit is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Michigan who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and life transitions. She also supports clients facing parenting challenges, sleep and eating difficulties, anger, self-esteem concerns, and issues linked to ADHD and relationship strain. Paula works with adolescents aged 12 and up and with adults of all ages.
Her counseling style is straightforward and goal-minded. Early sessions focus on understanding what matters most to the client and setting practical steps forward.
How Paula works
Paula emphasizes techniques that change unhelpful thoughts and that build concrete coping skills you can use between sessions. Paula brings two decades of counseling experience alongside a background in special education. That combination gives her insight into autism spectrum concerns, attention differences, learning challenges, and cognitive impairment.
She adapts strategies to fit each person’s learning style and life circumstances. New clients are invited to share as much as they like at the first meeting. If someone already knows aims for therapy, Paula will work with those goals; if not, she helps clarify achievable objectives together.
Sessions aim to move toward small, measurable improvements in day-to-day life. Scheduling includes weekday daytime hours, weekday evenings until 8:00 p.m. Eastern, and weekend blocks from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Eastern. Paula offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as session options.
What Paula works with
The areas below are the ones Paula selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Career difficulties
- Depression
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How evidence-based techniques work online
Paula often uses techniques that focus on changing unhelpful thinking patterns and on building practical coping skills. These methods involve identifying common thought traps, testing them against real-life evidence, and practicing alternative ways of thinking that reduce anxiety and low mood. They are helpful for worry, depression, stress, and many everyday challenges.She also uses solution-oriented strategies that prioritize small, concrete steps. These sessions tend to be action-focused - setting simple tasks, tracking progress, and adjusting plans as needed. This approach works well for people who prefer structured, short-term plans for issues like career decisions, sleep routines, or managing daily stress.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick techniques that match their goals, preferences, and life demands. That may mean trying different tools early on and shifting methods based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make counseling more flexible. Video lets people see facial cues and have longer conversations, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins, and messaging supports brief updates or ongoing reflections. These options allow scheduling around work, school, and family life and make it easier to keep momentum between appointments.
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