About Paula
Paula D’Amore is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, low self-esteem, grief, and ADHD-related concerns. She writes and talks plainly, so sessions focus on practical steps a parent or adult can use right away. Her approach is warm and down-to-earth, with short-term tools and longer-term skill building to make day-to-day life easier.
Paula holds LCSW credentials in Tennessee and Florida and brings five years of clinical experience to each appointment.
Background and approach
She keeps a small caseload to give focused attention and to tailor plans to each person's situation. Sessions balance listening with practical coaching and homework that fits real life. She uses cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and change unhelpful behaviors.
Dialectical behavior therapy skills help with emotion regulation and tolerating distress. Mindfulness practices and motivational interviewing strategies are used when they fit a person's goals. Paula works with adults on a wide range of concerns including relationships, career stress, caregiver strain, and compassion fatigue.
She also supports people facing major life changes, loss, and issues around attachment and boundaries. She aims to help clients notice patterns and try small changes that add up over time. Communication is prompt during weekdays and Paula generally checks messages a few times a day Monday through Friday.
She encourages people to test what works, keep what helps, and leave the rest behind.
How her approaches translate to online care
Paula often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help clients spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. CBT sessions focus on concrete steps, such as breaking tasks into smaller parts or testing new ways of thinking to reduce anxiety and improve focus.She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. DBT-style skills can be helpful for managing strong feelings, reducing reactivity, and improving relationships over time.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to match techniques to their goals and daily life. Paula encourages trying things out, keeping what helps, and adjusting the plan based on what actually works.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is useful for more intensive work and face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions can fit a quick check-in or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messages work well for brief updates, daily coaching, or when someone prefers writing to talking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to continue skill practice between appointments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- 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
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- 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
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Tennessee
- Languages
- English
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