About Paula
Paula Corano is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California with 15 years of clinical experience. She draws on her training in clinical psychology to help people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, parenting challenges, and ADHD. Paula speaks English and Portuguese and aims to meet clients where they are.
She takes a practical, goal-focused approach while staying warm and respectful. Sessions center on the client’s priorities and on small, achievable steps.
Background and approach
Paula listens for strengths and patterns, then works with people to shift unhelpful thinking and behavior. Paula uses a mix of approaches to match each person’s needs. She may use attachment-based ideas to improve connection, client-centered methods to follow a person’s lead, and cognitive behavioral techniques to change thinking and behavior.
Mindfulness and emotionally-focused practices are also part of her toolkit when they fit a client’s goals. Her work often involves helping people adjust after big life changes, manage strong emotions, or improve communication in close relationships. She also supports parents navigating behavior and emotional problems in children and the stress that comes with caregiving.
Paula emphasizes cultural awareness and respects different backgrounds. She helps people define clear goals and then gives practical feedback and exercises to reach them. The focus is on steady progress and finding more satisfaction in daily life.
Approach-driven care over video and messaging
Paula commonly blends attachment-based ideas and cognitive behavioral techniques when working online. Attachment-based work focuses on patterns of connection and helps people improve emotional closeness and communication within relationships. Cognitive behavioral techniques look at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teach practical skills for changing unhelpful thinking and behavior.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Paula collaborates with each person to identify goals, tries methods that suit those goals, and adjusts the plan based on what helps most. That collaborative process helps match methods to a client's needs and preferences.
Online therapy with Paula is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to use video. Live chat or text messaging work well for brief check-ins, coaching-style feedback, or when fitting therapy into a busy day. These options make it easier to maintain consistent work toward goals while balancing daily responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Portuguese
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