Paola Garcia, LPC

Paola Garcia is a Licensed Professional Counselor with three years of clinical experience in Texas. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, depression, or major life changes. Paola aims to create a calm, respectful space where clients can talk and begin to make small, practical changes.

Her approach is straightforward and collaborative. She listens first, then works with each person to set clear, doable goals. Paola uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside mindfulness and acceptance-based strategies to help people notice patterns and try new behaviors.

Sessions often focus on skills that people can use between meetings. That can include tools for managing strong emotions, rebuilding self-esteem, or navigating relationship and communication problems. She also supports people coping with trauma, grief, career stress, compassion fatigue, and challenges related to parenting and postpartum adjustment.

Paola pays attention to how attachment, codependency, and past hurts shape everyday responses. She brings motivational interviewing and narrative techniques when someone needs help finding direction or shifting a long-held story about themselves. Meetings move at the client’s pace and respect individual values.

Clients who prefer practical, skills-oriented work alongside empathic listening may find her style a good fit. She offers multiple online session formats and assists people in planning steps toward clearer thinking, improved coping, and renewed purpose.

How Paola blends CBT and acceptance strategies online

Paola commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and test small behavior changes. CBT breaks down problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions so clients can practice new responses between sessions.

She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people accept difficult feelings while clarifying personal values. ACT supports steps toward a meaningful life even when uncomfortable emotions remain present. Paola pairs these approaches with client-centered listening to make sure interventions match each person’s goals.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Paola will talk with the client about goals and try methods that fit their needs and preferences. Together they review what works and adjust strategies over time so therapy stays practical and relevant.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging works for quick check-ins or brief reflections between meetings. These options help people fit therapy into busy days and maintain steady progress.