About Paul
Paul Dokey is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, relationship strain, and life transitions. He aims to create a calm, supportive space where clients can say what they need to say and begin to find clearer footing. Sessions focus on practical steps and everyday skills that people can use between meetings.
Paul brings 20 years of clinical experience in Montana. He has worked with people coping with depression, trauma and abuse, addiction, ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, and intense life changes.
Background and approach
His background also includes supporting people through parenting strain, caregiving stress, and the fallout of separation or divorce. In sessions he emphasizes understanding thinking patterns and shifting habits that cause repeated problems. He uses cognitive-behavioral strategies to spot and change unhelpful thoughts.
He also teaches mindfulness and acceptance techniques so people can tolerate hard emotions without getting stuck. Attachment-based ideas inform his work on relationship and intimacy challenges. That perspective helps people notice how early bonds still shape current reactions and communication.
Paul aims to translate those insights into specific ways to relate differently with partners and loved ones. People meet him in a straightforward, down-to-earth way. He prefers present-focused work that identifies small, achievable changes.
Paul holds a Bachelor’s degree in Cultural Anthropology in addition to his LCSW credential.
How these approaches translate to online sessions
Paul often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting pushed around by them; this approach supports choices that align with personal values. He also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify thinking patterns that keep problems going and to build new, more effective habits.Choosing a therapeutic approach is a collaborative process. Paul will talk with clients about their goals and preferences and try methods that fit each person. Together they check progress and adjust techniques so the work stays useful and practical.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video lets people use visual cues during deeper conversations. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, shorter skill practice, or when fitting therapy into a busy day.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Montana
- Languages
- English