About Paula
Paula Peterson uses a client-centered approach that puts the person first. She is an LPC - licensed professional counselor - based in Wisconsin with 18 years of experience. Paula focuses on practical steps people can use to manage stress, anxiety, grief, and anger.
She also helps with mood concerns like depression, postpartum depression, and seasonal affective disorder. Paula prefers simple, direct work that taps into a person’s existing strengths. She blends client-centered conversations with cognitive behavioral tools and mindfulness practices.
How Paula works
She also integrates EMDR for those processing trauma and uses solution-focused techniques for concrete goals. Her background includes a degree in Mental Health Counseling from the University of Wisconsin-Stout and years in day treatment and outpatient settings. That mix of settings shaped her ability to move between short-term coping skills and deeper processing work.
She has experience with trauma, self-worth and esteem, life transitions, grief and loss, and anger management. Paula also offers support for addictions, communication and relationship concerns, family of origin issues, codependency, and workplace stress. She addresses existential topics such as life purpose, meaning, and spiritual struggles when clients raise them.
Hospice and end-of-life counseling are also listed among her focus areas. Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. She invites people to notice what feels important, try practical steps, and reflect on progress.
If her approach resonates, she encourages an initial outreach to begin matching goals and plans.
Paula lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
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
- Grief
- Anger management
Also listed
- Addictions
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 18 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Wisconsin |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How Paula’s approaches translate to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and following the client’s lead to build confidence and insight. Online sessions let this happen through regular conversations that prioritize what matters most to the client and encourage small, doable changes.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) provides practical tools to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. In remote sessions, CBT often includes worksheets, goal-setting, and brief between-session exercises to practice new skills. EMDR helps people process traumatic memories using guided bilateral stimulation and structured phases of recall and reprocessing; parts of EMDR can be adapted to online formats for those working through trauma.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk about goals, try techniques, and adjust based on what helps most. Clients and the therapist decide together whether to emphasize coping skills, deeper trauma work, or short-term solution-focused steps.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and teaching new skills. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when a client prefers no camera. Live chat and text messaging are handy for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or when someone needs a shorter interaction during a busy day. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, and everyday life.
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