Paula RosenfeldLMFT

Paula Rosenfeld is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 29 years of experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and the lasting impacts of trauma. She also supports those managing mood changes and major life transitions, including concerns that arise around pregnancy and childbirth.

Her style is warm and client-centered. Sessions focus on building a trusting connection, clarifying what feels most urgent, and creating manageable steps forward. Paula uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques suited to each person's needs rather than a one-size-fits-all plan.

Paula has long worked with people facing isolation, social anxiety, panic, and post-traumatic stress. She often helps clients address themes like self-love, forgiveness, guilt, shame, and attachment patterns. Practical tools are paired with reflective conversation to help change patterns that cause pain.

She also supports people coping with caregiver stress, workplace pressure, divorce and separation, and the emotional fallout from family-of-origin issues. Paula aims to help people build resilience and clearer communication in relationships.

Paula provides an affirming environment for LGBTQ+ individuals and older adults, and she offers a secular, progressive perspective. Her approach is collaborative: she listens first, then works with each person to set goals and try approaches that fit their life and values.

How evidence-based techniques work in online therapy

Paula uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to each person. One common approach is skills-based work that teaches tools for managing anxiety and panic, such as breathing and grounding strategies and short behavioral experiments to test what helps. Another focus is trauma-informed care that helps people process difficult memories at a pace that feels manageable while reducing overwhelm.

Finding the right approach is a shared process. Paula will listen to goals and priorities, then suggest techniques to try. Sessions often mix practical exercises with conversation, and the plan is adjusted based on what the client finds helpful.

The original profile does not list specific online session formats. Before booking, confirm which formats are offered. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow for shorter check-ins when helpful, and remove travel time so a person can attend from a familiar setting. Licensed professionals can still collaborate closely with clients to track progress and adapt methods to real-life needs.