About Paul
Paul Brunner is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who helps people manage stress, anxiety, ADHD, depression, and trauma-related concerns. He brings 15 years of mental health experience and a practical, steady approach to sessions. Paul speaks English and sees clients based in Colorado.
Paul spent many years working in military mental health, starting as a mental health technician and later serving as an Army officer and active duty social worker.
Background and approach
He completed a Master of Social Work and met licensing requirements in Colorado and North Carolina, holding LCSW and CSW credentials. That background informs his calm, structured style. In session he focuses on clear tools and real-life strategies.
He uses techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to change unhelpful thinking and from Dialectical Behavior Therapy to build emotion regulation and distress tolerance. He also uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing for processing traumatic memories and mindfulness exercises to lower stress.
Paul has worked with people who struggled with substance use and provided trauma-focused care for survivors of domestic violence and sexual abuse. He aims to meet people where they are and help them move beyond painful experiences at a pace that feels manageable. Sessions are offered via video, phone, live chat, or text messaging to fit different routines.
Paul follows a straightforward, collaborative process so each person can set goals and practice skills between meetings.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Paul uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors; this often involves setting small, practical homework tasks and tracking progress between sessions. He also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication when emotions run high. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is used when trauma memories are a focus and involves guided processing to reduce the intensity of those memories.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Paul treats the choice of methods as a conversation and adapts tools to match a person's goals, needs, and preferences. Clients and therapist decide together which techniques to try and adjust them over time.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and comfort levels. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in, live chat and text messaging suit quick updates or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to keep momentum and practice skills between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina, Colorado
- Languages
- English
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