Paula Odom , LCSW

Paula Odom is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New York with six years of clinical experience supporting youth, individuals, and families. She works with a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family issues, parenting challenges, grief, addictions, and coping with life changes such as career transitions and caregiving stress.

Her counseling style is warm, interactive, and grounded in respect and compassion. She integrates client-centered principles with evidence-informed techniques, drawing on cognitive behavioral strategies, dialectical behavior skills, mindfulness practices, and motivational interviewing to tailor conversations and treatment plans to each person’s needs. Paula also addresses adoption and foster care matters, attachment and blended family issues, intimate partner violence, multicultural concerns, and prejudice related stress.

Paula approaches therapy as a collaborative process, helping people clarify goals, strengthen coping skills, and navigate emotional challenges like anger, intimacy-related concerns, self-esteem struggles, and mood symptoms. As an LCSW she combines practical skill-building with empathetic support to help clients move toward meaningful change and greater resilience.

Therapeutic Approaches for Online Support

Paula Odom draws on client-centered therapy, which emphasizes empathic listening and collaboration so clients feel heard and supported while they identify personal goals and strengths. This approach helps with broad life concerns such as relationship issues, parenting challenges, and coping with change.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a practical, skills-based approach that helps people identify and reframe unhelpful thoughts and develop concrete strategies for managing anxiety, depression, and stress. Additionally, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers tools for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and improved interpersonal effectiveness, which can be helpful for intense emotions, anger, or relationship difficulties.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Paula works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods best fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as progress is made. Online therapy via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging adds practical flexibility, allowing clients to access licensed professionals and therapists from different locations, fit sessions into busy schedules, and continue work between meetings when helpful.