About me

I am licensed in Texas with 14 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping teens and young adults with stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, motivation, self esteem, and confidence, & depression. I believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. I will tailor our dialog and treatment plan to meet your unique and specific needs. Taking the first step to seeking a more fulfilling and happier life takes courage. I am here to support you in that process.

Specialties

  • Stress, Anxiety
  • Trauma, Abuse
  • Self esteem, Motivation
  • Depression
  • Coping with life changes
Also experienced in:
Abandonment , Adoption and Foster Care , Attachment issues , Avoidant Personality , Body image , Codependency , Commitment Issues , Communication problems , Control issues , Coping with Natural or Human-Caused Disaster , Read more...

Clinical approaches:
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy

Years of Experience: 14

Services offered


  • Messaging

  • Live Chat

  • Phone

  • Video

Licensing

TX LPC 60705

Reviews

These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Paula Arizola. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with Teen Counseling might be different.

Written on Jun 17, 2024 after therapy with Paula for 4 months

Paula is amazing, can’t recommend her highly enough.

Written on Jun 05, 2024 after therapy with Paula for 7 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, family conflicts, sleeping disorders, self esteem, compassion fatigue, and adhd

She is always there listening and helping me find ways to understand my feelings and figure out ways of getting through them. Without feeling guilty and without pressure.

Written on May 20, 2024 after therapy with Paula for 4 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, eating disorders, self esteem, anger management, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and adhd

Paula is amazing!
Shes great with hearing me and responding. Also with helping me get through and understanding whatever situations I go through! Thank you for all you do Paula!

Written on May 15, 2024 after therapy with Paula for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, lgbt, and self esteem

Everything has been great so far! She really listens and is helping me get my mental health under control!

Written on Apr 17, 2024 after therapy with Paula for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, addictions, lgbt, relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, anger management, coping with life changes, coaching, compassion fatigue, and adhd

Fantastic, informative, and very analytical and comforting

Written on Apr 02, 2024 after therapy with Paula for 1 month on issues concerning stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger management, and coping with life changes

I had very productive and helpful sessions with Paula. Thank you verry much for working with me.

Written on Feb 09, 2024 after therapy with Paula for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, lgbt, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, self esteem, and coping with life changes

If you seek someone capable of accurately reflecting your thoughts, enabling you to gain insight into the inner workings of your mind, or maybe even looking beyond the trauma that has confined you into an invisible box, then Ms. Paula is an ideal choice. She exhibits qualities of kindness and patience and possesses adept communication skills to guide you through necessary conversations.

Written on Feb 02, 2024 after therapy with Paula for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, self esteem, career difficulties, and coaching

Very kind, patient and thorough providing useful tools and information to teen counseling understand my own brain and thought patterns in order to identify and work on patterns that keep you stuck. She offers an in depth holistic view of what is occurring inside of the brain in connection with thoughts and emotions. Excellent care.

Written on Dec 03, 2023 after therapy with Paula for 4 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, parenting issues, self esteem, anger management, and adhd

Paula helped me during a very high anxiety time where I couldn’t focus and control my feels. She helped me realize I need to work through the uncomfortable feelings and wait for them to pass and stay present. The tools she taught me along with the articles, exercises and visual aids are something I use daily.

Written on Nov 29, 2023 after therapy with Paula for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, sleeping disorders, self esteem, and coping with life changes

Paula has been a great help on my mental health recovery health. And has shared great insights on how to improve my mental health.

Written on Nov 17, 2023 after therapy with Paula for 5 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting issues, anger management, bipolar disorder, compassion fatigue, and adhd

Paula is the best. I feel understood and often return to the coping strategies she has instilled during our time together. She has been able to untangle a different difficult thought process for me each time we meet. I am so thankful for her!

Written on Oct 03, 2023 after therapy with Paula for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, career difficulties, coping with life changes, and adhd

She’s kind, considerate and definitely nonjudgmental

Written on Aug 31, 2023 after therapy with Paula for 3 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, self esteem, anger management, and coping with life changes

Ms. Arizola is amazing at what she does. You can tell the love she has for her patients. Each session I feel myself becoming more courageous and it’s all thanks to her. She’s a Godsent.

Written on Jul 10, 2023 after therapy with Paula for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, and self esteem

10 minutes into my first session I felt Paula listened, respected me and understood me. Highly recommend Paula.

Written on Jun 23, 2023 after therapy with Paula for 4 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, eating disorders, self esteem, bipolar disorder, coping with life changes, and adhd

Paula is a wonderful therapist. She is great at listening and providing coping skills. Very experienced and able to set up action plans as well as studying assignments/improvement plans.

Written on Jun 12, 2023 after therapy with Paula for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, parenting issues, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, bipolar disorder, and adhd

I really like her. She gives me good advice and she listens but she also has a firm hand guiding me into the proper direction I should be going for my own self healing.

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