About Paul
Paul Dokey is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience. He offers a steady, calm presence for people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, grief, or challenges tied to attention and focus. He writes and talks plainly so people can quickly grasp what to expect in sessions.
He creates a present-focused space where clients can say what they actually feel. Paul uses clear, practical tools to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and to change them.
Background and approach
He also teaches mindfulness skills that help people accept themselves and find more satisfaction in daily life. His approach draws from cognitive behavioral ideas to map how thoughts influence feelings and actions. He adds elements from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people decide what matters most and move toward those values.
Attachment-based perspectives are used when relationship patterns shape current struggles. Paul has worked with people facing trauma, addiction, intimacy and relationship concerns, anger, and major life changes. He also supports those coping with caregiver stress, adoption and foster care issues, and complicated grief.
His background includes a Bachelor’s degree in Cultural Anthropology in addition to his LCSW credential. Sessions are available in several online formats so work and life demands are easier to manage. Paul helps people set realistic goals, practice new skills between meetings, and track small changes that add up over time.
Approaches that guide online therapy
Paul often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify the thoughts that lead to unhelpful feelings and behaviors, then practices new ways of thinking and acting. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, anger, and many everyday problems.He also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients clarify values and take small, meaningful steps toward them. ACT focuses on accepting difficult feelings while committing to action that matters, which can help with stress, grief, and challenges linked to attention or mood.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Paul will discuss goals, try techniques, and adjust what he does based on what helps most. Clients are invited to give feedback so sessions stay practical and relevant.
Online sessions can fit varied schedules and living situations. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions require less bandwidth, and live chat or text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins or when typing out thoughts helps. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while juggling work, family, and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- 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
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