Paula Steele, LCSW

Paula Steele is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with about 15 years of experience in social work and clinical settings. She brings a practical, down-to-earth approach and a focus on the everyday stresses that make life harder for parents and caregivers.

She works from a client-centered, strengths-based perspective. Sessions focus on building trust, learning coping skills, and finding realistic ways to manage anxiety, depression, ADHD, grief, or relationship strain. Paula emphasizes skill building, self-care, and mindfulness to help people meet their goals.

Her background includes work across day treatment, in-home support, and individual counseling for adults dealing with mental health symptoms, domestic violence, homelessness, chronic illness, and criminal history. That range gives her experience with practical problem solving and accessing community resources.

Paula also speaks from personal experience as a parent of a child with special needs. She understands the pressures of parenting, coordinating services, and balancing responsibilities while trying to keep stress manageable.

People who choose her often want straightforward help with parenting stress, caregiver strain, sleep problems, mood and anxiety, addiction concerns, or navigating big life changes. She aims to make therapy useful in daily life and to help people build supports that last.

To begin, clients are guided through an initial matching and scheduling process so sessions can be planned around current needs and availability.

Therapeutic approaches and online support for caregivers

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's own goals and strengths and encourages collaboration in each session. It helps when someone wants a calm, listening space to sort priorities and make a plan.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It offers practical steps and small experiments that can reduce anxiety, improve sleep, or change unhelpful patterns related to mood and stress.

Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices that can reduce overwhelm and help with emotional regulation during busy caregiving days.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Paula will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and will adjust methods together so sessions feel useful and relevant.

Confirm the exact online session options before booking so you know how appointments will be delivered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for brief check-ins when needed. It also lets people use tools and handouts together during the session to practice skills between meetings.