About Paul
Paul Dempsey is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Florida with 24 years of experience. He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, anger, and motivation. Paul also supports people facing relationship strain, grief, intimacy-related issues, career changes, and ADHD-related concerns.
Paul aims to make sessions straightforward and calm. He creates an open space where people can talk about what matters most without feeling judged.
Background and approach
He encourages small, practical steps so progress feels manageable rather than overwhelming. In therapy Paul draws from approaches that help people understand thoughts and behaviors, build new coping skills, and process difficult experiences. He uses techniques that can be practical day-to-day tools for handling strong emotions and relationship problems.
Sessions often include problem-focused work alongside time to reflect on patterns that keep causing pain. People who come to Paul can expect a collaborative style. He asks questions, listens closely, and helps set goals together.
He balances direct skill teaching with supportive conversation to help clients try new ways of handling stress and conflict. Over his career Paul has worked with people facing a wide range of struggles, including addiction, divorce, attachment issues, and co-occurring conditions. He also offers coaching-style support for career or life transitions.
He conducts sessions in English and is available to work with international clients when scheduling allows.
Approaches and online options that fit daily life
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting connection so people can explore what matters to them. It helps when someone needs space to sort out feelings and values before making changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and teaches practical techniques to change unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and coping with ADHD-related challenges.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Paul will discuss goals, try approaches that match those goals, and adapt methods based on what helps most. The process is collaborative so clients have input on pacing and focus areas.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week. Video calls let people have a face-to-face conversation from wherever they are. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or for brief check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging offer a flexible, written way to share thoughts between calls or for shorter, more frequent contact. These formats help people access consistent support while balancing work, family, and other obligations.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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