About Paula
Paula Alexander is a Licensed Professional Counselor who uses practical, person-centered methods to help people facing anxiety, stress, addictions, grief, and phobias. She brings 26 years of clinical experience in New Jersey and focuses on clear, steady support during hard moments. Paula emphasizes simple, doable steps rather than jargon-filled plans.
Her approach begins with listening. She creates space for honest talk so someone can name their worries without feeling judged.
Background and approach
Sessions emphasize what matters most to the person and build from there. Paula blends cognitive behavioral ideas with acceptance-based work and client-centered care. That means she helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, try new behaviors, and accept difficult feelings while still moving toward chosen values.
She uses these approaches with concerns like panic attacks, social anxiety, process addictions, and trauma-related stress. She also supports people dealing with relationship strain, parenting stress, work pressures, and recovery from substance use or behavioral addiction. Practical tools for sleep, appetite, anger, and self-esteem are common session topics.
Paula guides goal-setting and steps that fit the person’s daily life. Therapy with Paula is collaborative and paced to each person. She offers phone, video, live chat, and text-based messaging options so people can pick what works best.
The focus is on steady progress and clearer coping over time.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Paula uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. This approach can be useful for anxiety, depression, phobias, and life transitions.She also works from a client-centered stance, which means sessions start with listening and understanding. That foundation helps people feel heard and shapes practical goals for coping with stress, relationships, or substance-related patterns.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is another tool she draws on to identify unhelpful thought patterns and practice new behaviors. CBT techniques are often used for panic, social anxiety, sleep difficulties, and managing cravings or compulsive habits.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. Paula collaborates with each person to decide which approaches fit their goals and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress is made.
Online formats offer flexibility for ongoing care. Video calls are useful for full sessions that include visual cues and interactive exercises. Phone sessions can fit a tighter schedule or work better when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter check-ins, skill practice, and brief support between full sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 26 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English
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