About Paula
Paula Fowler is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who practices in Tennessee and brings six years of documented experience as an LCSW. She offers a warm, interactive counseling style that focuses on respect and practical problem solving. Paula speaks English and uses a mix of straightforward approaches to help people cope with stress and life challenges.
Paula works with common concerns such as anxiety, depression, grief, anger, and issues related to parenting and relationships.
Background and approach
She also addresses trauma and abuse, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and career or life transitions. Her background includes work across health-related settings and family-focused topics, which informs her approach to counseling. In sessions Paula leans on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing to shape conversations.
She helps people identify patterns of thought and behavior, set small achievable goals, and find internal motivation to change. The work is practical and goal-oriented, with attention to what each person says matters most. Paula tailors the plan to each person rather than using a one-size-fits-all method.
She centers the client’s strengths and preferences when shaping goals and homework between sessions. Expect an empathetic, paced approach that emphasizes doable steps and honest conversation. For those facing medical or end-of-life concerns, Paula draws on experience with hospice and caregiver stress to address practical and emotional needs.
She frames coping strategies simply so they can be used day to day. The focus stays on improving daily functioning and reducing distress in real situations.
Practical Approaches for Online Support
Paula uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing to guide online work. CBT helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression. Motivational Interviewing focuses on clarifying what matters to the client and building their own reasons for change.She also draws on Solution-Focused Therapy to set short-term, concrete goals. This approach looks for what is already working and builds small steps toward improvement. Together the therapist and client decide which approach - or mix of approaches - will best meet the client’s goals and needs in ongoing sessions.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging to make scheduling easier. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and visual cues, while phone sessions can fit a quick check-in or lower-bandwidth situation. Live chat and messaging work well for brief check-ins, tracking progress, or getting support between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other daily routines.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English