About Pawel
Dr. Pawel Boyd helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and major life changes. He guides clients through relationship and intimacy concerns, addiction challenges, career questions, and compassion fatigue.
He also supports people facing aging, caregiving strain, cancer or hospice issues, and immigration-related stress. Dr. Boyd is a California psychologist with 12 years of experience and works in English and Polish.
His style is warm and collaborative. He centers the conversation on each person's goals and everyday needs.
How Pawel works
Sessions focus on practical skills and clearer ways of thinking, not on labels. He keeps explanations plain and offers tools people can use between meetings. Dr.
Boyd draws from several well-known approaches including acceptance and commitment methods, client-centered listening, cognitive techniques, dialectical skills, and existential questions about meaning. He mixes these to match what a person needs most. The aim is to build coping skills, reduce distress, and help people make choices that fit their values.
Over the years he has worked with people dealing with trauma, relationship tension, workplace stress, isolation, and identity concerns. He also supports caregivers, first responders, and people facing end-of-life decisions. His practical focus includes communication, boundary setting, and restoring daily routines.
Sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Fees vary with location and therapist availability and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
Pawel lists 13 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
What Pawel works with
The areas below are the ones Pawel selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | CA Psychologist |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English, Polish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and making life changes. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and the client's own goals so people feel understood and can find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) identifies patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going and teaches concrete skills to change them.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about symptoms, goals, and preferences, then suggest options. Decisions about which methods to use are made together and can change as needs evolve.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Video is good for full sessions and face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let people send brief updates, ask questions between sessions, or use a different format when writing feels easier. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into busy lives.
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