About Paula
Paula Schneider is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 20 years of practice in Florida. She has worked directly with people facing addictions, eating disorders, anxiety, depression, and relationship strain. Paula brings practical experience from community and treatment settings into each session.
Paula focuses on helping people understand patterns that hold them back. She listens first and helps clients set clear, realistic goals. Sessions are interactive and paced to match what each person is ready to address.
How Paula works
Her background includes work with people affected by substance use and food-related struggles, and also with those dealing with the ripple effects - stress, guilt, shame, family conflict, and parenting concerns. She has familiarity with 12-step philosophy and a range of therapeutic approaches such as cognitive behavioral techniques and humanistic methods.
Many clients come to her wanting to change long-standing patterns that began in their family of origin. Paula helps people explore those early experiences, reduce shame, and build healthier ways of relating. She uses a mix of approaches tailored to specific needs rather than a single fixed method.
Paula describes her role as respectful and practical. She expects clients know themselves best while offering honest reflection, challenge, and encouragement. People who want a steady, compassionate therapist who will help set and reach concrete goals tend to do well with her.
Paula lists 11 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.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online work
Attachment-Based Therapy helps people see how early relationships shape current patterns. It is useful when trust, closeness, or repeated conflict are getting in the way of healthier relationships.Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person in front of the therapist. It involves deep listening, empathy, and helping people find their own solutions to stress, grief, and self-doubt.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) gives tools to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is practical for anxiety, depression, body image issues, and coping with cravings or urges.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and how they respond to different methods. This collaborative process helps pick or combine approaches that fit the client’s needs.
Online sessions make it easier to meet consistently. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send short updates, ask quick questions between sessions, or have a written record of thoughts. These options offer flexibility so therapy can fit around work, family, and daily life.
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