- Years in practice
- 5
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Florida, Tennessee
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Parenting issues
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Paula
Paula D’Amore is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, and low self-esteem. She writes in a straightforward way and aims to make therapy feel practical and accessible. Paula keeps a smaller caseload so she can give focused attention to each person she works with.
Her style is warm, interactive, and down-to-earth. Sessions are adapted to individual needs, with an emphasis on building self-awareness and simple habits that support emotional health.
Background and approach
Paula encourages clients to notice their usual reactions and try small changes to see what helps. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques along with mindfulness and skills-based strategies. Those tools are used to break unhelpful patterns, manage strong emotions, and create clearer choices in daily life.
Motivational interviewing helps when someone is ready to make changes but feels stuck. Paula has five years of experience and holds LCSW licensure in Tennessee and Florida. She combines practical coaching ideas with therapeutic work so people leave sessions with doable next steps.
Topics she commonly addresses include grief, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, ADHD concerns, relationship and communication issues, and career stress. Paula offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. She responds to messages during weekdays and asks for patience if replies take a little longer due to other responsibilities.
The goal is steady progress through realistic, repeated practice.
What Paula works with
Everything Paula lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Paula helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- 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
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Paula lists
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that fit into everyday life
Paula uses cognitive behavioral strategies to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and change small behaviors that make a big difference. CBT helps with anxiety, low mood, and patterns that get in the way of daily functioning.She also draws on mindfulness techniques to build awareness of emotions and bodily reactions. Mindfulness practices are brief and practical, useful for calming stress and responding more calmly in parenting moments or tense conversations.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Paula will work with each person to identify goals and try methods that match their needs and preferences. She encourages testing what helps and keeping what works while dropping what does not.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for traditional week-to-week sessions, phone calls can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth, and chat or messaging can support quick check-ins or ongoing coaching-style prompts. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between meetings.
Questions people ask about Paula
What kinds of concerns can I bring to therapy?
Paula works with people facing stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, self-esteem struggles, depression, grief, anger, ADHD concerns, and related life changes.
What is her general therapy approach?
She uses a warm, interactive style and tailors sessions to each person's needs. Expect practical strategies you can try between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Paula has five years of experience as a clinician. Her practice blends therapeutic tools with coaching-style guidance.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LCSW licensure in Tennessee and Florida and is based in Tennessee for this directory profile.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Paula provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the matching results and therapist availability.
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