About Bobbie
Dr. Bobbie Paul is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California with 32 years of clinical experience.
Background and approach
She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or major life changes. Her approach is straightforward and compassionate, aimed at helping someone feel steadier and more capable in daily life.
Her sessions often start with practical steps to manage symptoms and build routines that reduce stress. She uses methods drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different responses.
Trauma-focused work is offered for those who need help processing painful events and their effects. Dr.
Paul also draws on systemic ideas to look at patterns in relationships and communication. She helps people untangle repetitive dynamics and practice clearer, calmer ways of relating.
Conversations are tailored to the person’s situation rather than following a rigid script. She works with a wide range of concerns including caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, grief, divorce and separation, guilt and shame, loneliness, life purpose, and issues tied to military service.
Sessions can cover both immediate coping skills and longer-term adjustments to rebuild a satisfying life. English-language sessions are provided from her California practice, and she offers a mix of video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging.
Her style is steady, respectful, and focused on helping people take manageable steps forward.
How Dr. Paul Uses Online Therapy and Different Approaches
Dr. Paul uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people spot thought patterns that increase worry or low mood, and then practices alternate responses that reduce distress. This approach is useful for anxiety, depression, and everyday stress.She also offers trauma-focused therapy to help people who have experienced abuse or traumatic events. In sessions the focus is on processing memories and building tools to manage strong reactions so daily life becomes more manageable.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will discuss goals, try methods that fit the client’s needs, and adjust the plan as progress is made. Decisions about techniques are collaborative and based on what the person wants to change.
Online sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video suits deeper conversations and practice of new skills. Phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat or messaging works for quick updates, tracking mood, or brief coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep continuity when schedules change.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 32 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English