About Paul
Paul Germany is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, addiction, mood disorders, and related concerns. He works with adults on issues like grief, relationship strain, parenting stress, sleep problems, low self-esteem, and life changes.
Paul aims to make the first step feel manageable and to help people build practical skills they can use each day. Paul brings 20 years of experience in mental health to his practice.
Background and approach
He trained in psychology at the University of Texas at Austin and continued with graduate work at Stephen F. Austin State University, earning a master’s degree in clinical psychology. Over his career he has worked in hospital and outpatient settings and with a wide range of presenting problems.
His approach is individualized and down-to-earth. Sessions focus on clear goals, straightforward strategies, and steady progress. He often uses client-centered listening alongside practical techniques drawn from cognitive behavioral methods and emotion-focused work.
Paul also uses skills from dialectical behavior strategies and existential ideas when they fit a person’s needs. He believes in combining short-term tools with deeper conversations about meaning, values, and relationships. If a concern is outside his scope, he will help with referrals to a better match.
Therapy is offered in several online formats to fit different schedules and styles. Paul aims to help people reduce distress, regain routine, and move toward goals at a pace that fits their life.
How Paul’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person’s experience, then using that understanding to guide change and build self-acceptance. It is useful when someone needs a steady, empathetic space to talk and make decisions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. It uses practical exercises and step-by-step plans to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, and manage mood-related symptoms.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) adds skills for regulating intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness. It can help people who struggle with strong mood swings, impulsive behaviors, or difficulty maintaining relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to choose methods that match a person’s goals, preferences, and needs, adjusting plans as progress is made.
Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for fuller conversations and visual cues, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat offers quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing brief contact between sessions. These options help fit therapy into work, school, and family schedules while keeping care consistent.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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