Paula Arizola, LPC

Therapist in Texas

Paula Arizola is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas.

Licensed inTexas
License60705
NPI 1073709184
Experience14+ years
LanguagesEnglish

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About Paula

Paula Arizola is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, and major life changes. Paula focuses on practical steps clients can use day to day to feel steadier and more capable.

Paula treats each person as the expert on their own life. She listens first, then offers options that fit real routines and real limits. Sessions aim to build skills and insight rather than rely on one-size-fits-all solutions.

Background and approach

Her work draws on attachment-based ideas to look at patterns in close relationships and how those patterns affect feelings and choices. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and acceptance and commitment methods to clarify values and take meaningful action. Paula blends client-centered care with tools from dialectical behavior therapy when emotion regulation or distress tolerance is needed.

She keeps explanations plain and offers concrete practices clients can try between sessions. The goal is steady progress you can notice in daily life. With 14 years of professional experience, Paula supports people through difficult transitions, identity questions, and the aftermath of relationship ruptures.

She focuses on building stronger internal resources so clients can handle future stressors with more confidence.

Credentials

LPC (Texas): License 60705 · expires September 2026
NPI: 1073709184 · national provider identifier

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Focus areas and approaches

Everything Paula lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Trauma and abuse
Self esteem
Depression
Coping with life changes
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Attachment issues
Avoidant personality
Body image
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Eating and food-related issues
Forgiveness
Gender dysphoria
Guilt and shame
Impulsivity
Intellectual disability
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Mood disorders
Multicultural concerns
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Phobias
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Self-harm
Self-love
Social anxiety and phobia
Somatization
Women's issues

Approaches Paula names

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Online support

How her approaches translate to online care

Paula often combines attachment-based ideas with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in online work. Attachment-based work looks at how relationship patterns shape feelings and reactions, helping people notice and change repeated ways of relating. ACT helps clients clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings.

She also uses client-centered principles, which means sessions begin with listening and following the client's lead. Together the therapist and client decide which techniques to try, and they adjust based on what’s helpful. Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process that can shift as needs and goals change.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people work face to face when schedules and bandwidth allow. Phone sessions can be easier when attention or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text are useful for brief check-ins, skill practice, and flexible communication between longer appointments. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to keep continuity during life changes.

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Frequently asked

What concerns does she address?

Paula works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes. She also focuses on issues like attachment concerns, abandonment, adoption and foster care, body image, codependency, and gender dysphoria.

What is her therapeutic style?

Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. She starts by listening and then offers practical skills and relational insights that fit everyday life.

How much experience does she have?

She has 14 years of professional experience working with a range of mood and relationship-related concerns.

Where is she licensed and located?

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Texas and practices from that state.

Which languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

Paula offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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