LCSW
Paula Schneider, LCSW
- Experience20 years
- LocationFlorida
- Focus areasAddictions, Relationship, and Family
- Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Attachment-Based Therapy
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About Paula
Paula Schneider is a Florida licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with two decades of clinical experience supporting people facing addictions, eating difficulties, anxiety, depression, and complex family and relationship concerns.
Background and approach
She has worked directly with individuals, couples, and families affected by substance use and eating disorders, and with the loved ones trying to understand and respond to these struggles. Her practice draws on a blend of evidence-informed methods familiar from therapeutic communities, 12-step perspectives, and structured therapies such as cognitive behavioral approaches and Internal Family Systems.
Clients who come to Paula often seek to heal patterns rooted in family of origin wounds, attachment ruptures, or long-standing shame and self-criticism. She emphasizes self-understanding and self-acceptance while helping people set practical goals and develop healthier ways of relating.
In sessions she aims to be reflective and direct when needed, offering encouragement and honest feedback within a collaborative, respectful therapeutic relationship. Paula describes her stance as supportive and interactive, adjusting pace and focus based on each person’s needs.
Her work integrates skills-based strategies with deeper exploration of internal parts and attachment dynamics to help clients move toward more stable emotion regulation, clearer communication, and improved relationships.
Integrative Approaches for Online Healing and Relationship Work
Paula integrates Internal Family Systems with attachment-informed and client-centered work to address both symptoms and underlying relational patterns. Internal Family Systems (IFS) helps people notice and dialogue with different internal parts that carry emotions and beliefs, offering a way to reduce self-criticism and resolve internal conflict. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relational experiences shape current intimacy and coping, supporting shifts in how clients relate to partners and family members. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, respect, and collaboration, creating a therapeutic environment where clients guide the pace and focus of exploration.Choosing a therapeutic approach is part of the collaborative process Paula uses; she will work together with clients to identify which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences and may blend approaches as therapy unfolds to address both practical skills and deeper personal change.
The online formats offered include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which provide flexibility for scheduling and ongoing support between sessions. These options can make it easier to engage in therapy from different locations and allow clients to use the modality that best suits their day-to-day life and communication style.
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Experience
20+ years
Licensed
Florida
Languages
English