- Addiction recovery support
- Relationship communication
- Blended family concerns
About Paula
Paula Schneider is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Florida with 20 years of practice. She works with adults facing addiction, eating disorders, anxiety, depression, relationship strain and parenting challenges. Her background includes work in treatment settings and with families affected by these problems.
She has cared for people who have struggled with substance use and eating disorders and for the family members trying to help them. That work included exposure to 12-step approaches, therapeutic community settings, cognitive behavioral techniques, motivational interviewing and structural family approaches. She also uses attachment-informed ideas and other clinical methods when helpful.
Paula often sees people whose early family life left unmet emotional needs. Those clients commonly bring anxiety, low mood, relationship problems and difficulties with their own parents or partners. She helps people untangle those patterns and make practical changes that feel doable in daily life.
In sessions she treats clients as the best source of information about themselves. She listens, reflects, and offers direct feedback and challenges when useful. The aim is to set clear goals and work toward them at a pace the client chooses.
Her approach draws on client-centered principles, cognitive strategies and attachment ideas to address communication problems, codependency, blended family issues and shame or guilt. Sessions focus on problem solving, better coping, and building more constructive ways of relating to others.
Approach and how online sessions work
Paula integrates attachment-based ideas and cognitive behavioral strategies in her work. Attachment-based approaches look at early relationship patterns and how they affect current partnerships and parenting; they can help when loyalty conflicts or long-standing hurt affect blended households. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings and behavior and provides practical tools to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful interaction patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to choose which methods to use based on the client's needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean using reflective, client-centered listening alongside concrete CBT skills or attachment-focused exploration when relationship patterns come up.
Session logistics should be confirmed before booking since specific formats are not listed in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when time is tight, and reduce travel time. Ask about available formats when you complete the brief matching questionnaire so scheduling and session style can be aligned with everyday life.
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Primary focus
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Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
20+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She works with adults on addictions, eating issues, anxiety, depression, relationship problems, parenting and family-origin concerns including blended family issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses a client-centered, reflective approach with direct feedback when needed and helps clients set and work toward clear goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 20 years of experience working in treatment settings and with families affected by addiction and eating disorders.
What credential and location does she hold?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Florida and practices there.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify particular formats.
How are costs and scheduling handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time; begin by using the See online therapy options button and completing the matching questionnaire to schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is for adults and is not emergency care, mediation or legal advice. If you or a child are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.