About Paola
Paola Soto-Ruiz welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, or big life changes. She speaks English and Spanish and works with adults seeking clearer coping strategies and steadier self-esteem. Paola is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - practicing in Florida and brings eight years of experience to her work.
She focuses on practical steps that make day-to-day life feel more manageable. Sessions include talking through worries, building simple routines, and practicing ways to handle difficult memories or emotions.
Background and approach
Paola adapts each session to match a person’s pace and needs so progress feels realistic and steady. Her background includes work with trauma, post-traumatic stress, and family-related concerns. She also helps people navigate multicultural stressors, attachment issues, and challenges common to young adults and women.
These focus areas shape how she listens and plans treatment. Paola draws from a few clear approaches to guide sessions. She uses client-centered conversations to follow what matters most to the person.
Cognitive behavioral ideas help identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. For trauma-related work she can use targeted methods to reduce distressing memories. People who choose Paola often want respectful, down-to-earth support and a partner in change.
She emphasizes small, achievable steps and keeps goals practical. Her aim is to help people build confidence, feel more in control, and move toward a life that fits their values.
How Paola’s approaches translate to online therapy
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on understanding patterns in close relationships and how early bonds shape current feelings. Online sessions use conversation and reflection to identify those patterns and practice different ways of connecting and feeling safer in relationships.Client-Centered Therapy places the person’s priorities at the center of each session. The therapist listens closely, follows the client’s lead, and helps clarify goals; that same approach works in video or phone meetings where the conversation is guided by what matters most to the client.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. In online sessions this often means setting small experiments between meetings and reviewing results over chat or video.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. That choice can shift over time based on progress and preferences, so it is discussed openly together.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for fuller conversations and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat allows quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and help therapy fit into daily life.
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- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish