Paula Abbott, LPC

Paula Abbott is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas with 30 years of clinical experience. She practices with a trauma-informed perspective, offering care to adults and families facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, depression, and the many adjustments that come with life changes. Her work also addresses related concerns such as abandonment, blended family issues, codependency, communication problems, and grief-related topics including fertility and cancer-related stress.

As a registered play therapist, she brings specialized skills to work with children and their parents together, using developmentally appropriate methods to help younger clients express needs and process difficult experiences. Paula emphasizes a strengths-based approach, viewing each person as the expert of their own story and building on existing resources to support growth and healing.

Paula recognizes that beginning therapy requires courage and supports clients through that first step. Her practice integrates evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to each individual or family, with an emphasis on practical coping strategies and collaborative planning to meet personal goals.

Trauma-Informed Care and Play Therapy Online

Paula Abbott brings trauma-informed principles to her online work, focusing on understanding how traumatic experiences affect thoughts, feelings, and relationships and using that awareness to guide pacing and interventions. She is also a registered play therapist who adapts play-based techniques for children and parents in virtual sessions, helping younger clients communicate and process experiences through age-appropriate activities and caregiver-supported strategies.

In addition, Paula uses a range of evidence-based therapeutic techniques to teach practical coping skills for stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions, emphasizing strategies that clients can apply between sessions. Selecting the right method is part of the therapeutic process - Paula collaborates with each person or family to identify goals, preferences, and the best approach to meet their needs.

Online therapy with Paula is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for busy schedules and varied comfort levels. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, access therapists from different locations within Texas, and integrate therapy into daily life without unnecessary travel.