Paula Standberry, LMHC
About me
I am licensed in Florida with 5 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, motivation, self esteem, and confidence. I work with my clients to create an open and safe environment where thoughts and feelings can be shared without fear of judgment. I incorporate my faith as a Christian into my therapy ideals and practice to offer my clients a spiritual perspective on many of life's challenges. Taking the first step to sign up for therapy can take courage and I am proud of you for getting started!
Professional experience
Additional areas of focus: Addictions, LGBT, Relationship issues, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Eating disorders, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, Coaching, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Aging and geriatric issues, Antisocial personality, Attachment issues, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Avoidant personality, Blended family issues, Body image, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain, illness, and disability, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Dependent personality, Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD), Divorce and separation, Domestic violence, Drug and alcohol addiction, Eating and food-related issues, Emptiness, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Fatherhood issues, Fertility issues, First responder issues, Forgiveness, Gender dysphoria, Guilt and shame, Hoarding, Hospice and end-of-life counseling, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Intellectual disability, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Midlife crisis, Military and veterans issues, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders, Multicultural concerns, Narcissism, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Paranoia, Personality disorders, Phobias, Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Prejudice and discrimination, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Self-harm, Self-love, Sex addiction, Sexual assault and abuse, Sexual dysfunction, Sexuality, Smoking / vaping cessation, Social anxiety and phobia, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young adult issues
Clinical approaches: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems
License information
FL LMHC MH21681
Reviews
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Paula Standberry. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.
She’s willing to listen. She’s very understanding. She is patient and very kind. She creates a safe space for you to be vulnerable. She gives you time to unravel yourself to be open.
Written on May 30, 2023 after therapy with Paula for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, grief, sleeping disorders, self esteem, anger management, coping with life changes, coaching, and compassion fatigue
Very Honest & Helpful to my need.
Written on Apr 29, 2023 after therapy with Paula for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, and coaching
Paula is helping me so much through a really rough period in my life and I cannot thank her enough. She is beyond kind, compassionate, caring and most of all understanding.
Written on Mar 21, 2023 after therapy with Paula for 1 month on issues concerning stress, anxiety, and relationship issues
Highly skilled therapist. Genuinely listens and pays attention. Offers good feedback and good at motivational interviewing. Highly recommend, helped me deal with uncertainty during a challenging time.
Written on Mar 14, 2023 after therapy with Paula for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, grief, parenting issues, and compassion fatigue
Paula was both patient and understanding. She understood the difficulties I had and let me decide how to approach these sessions based on my own comfort levels what with social anxiety and all. She always asked the right questions and always stood on track to the topic at hand. I am very grateful for having her to talk to about what troubled me. A lot of weight has been lifted, and I’ve gained a lot of perspective within the first couple of sessions alone.
Written on Mar 12, 2023 after therapy with Paula for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, self esteem, coping with life changes, coaching, and adhd
I was so apprehensive about therapy. I didn’t know what to think. How I would respond, how she would respond to my vulnerability. However, I have never felt more open with a person before Paula. She has helped me tremendously in such a short amount of time & I look forward to our future sessions!
Written on Feb 24, 2023 after therapy with Paula for 2 weeks on issues concerning relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, self esteem, and coping with life changes