- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Existential questions
About Paula
Paula Lowden is an Oregon Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 14 years of clinical experience. She works with adults managing relationship strain, grief, parenting stress, self-esteem struggles, and life changes. Paula also lists additional focus areas including guilt and shame, caregiver stress, and women's issues.
Paula uses straightforward conversation to help people name what feels heavy and figure out manageable next steps. Sessions are conversational and centered on the person's immediate concerns. She encourages open talk about emotions, thoughts, and the practical effects they have on day-to-day life.
Her approach draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy. That means she helps people notice their values and take small committed actions, while keeping the conversation grounded in each person's experience. Motivational Interviewing techniques are used when motivation or change feels stalled.
Paula also brings elements of Existential Therapy into sessions, helping people reflect on meaning, responsibility, and choices during transitions like midlife changes, divorce, or serious illness. This can help people facing big life questions or loss.
She has worked with grief, cancer-related concerns, and caregiving stress, so practical coping strategies are often part of sessions. Paula asks questions to clarify what matters most to each person and then supports realistic steps toward those priorities.
How her approaches translate to online work
Paula uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people clarify what matters to them and take small actions that align with those values. ACT often helps with persistent guilt or shame by shifting attention toward meaningful steps rather than getting stuck on self-judgment. Client-Centered Therapy is another influence. That approach focuses on listening closely and following the person’s lead, so conversations online stay grounded in the client’s experience and concerns. Existential Therapy appears when people want to talk about meaning, responsibility, or life transitions such as divorce or midlife change. Finding the right approach is part of the work. Paula will collaborate with each person to pick methods that fit their goals, needs, and preferences. She checks in and adjusts the focus as therapy progresses. The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm which formats are offered before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy day, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. They can also be useful when someone prefers not to be on camera or needs a session that works around caregiving or work obligations.Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
14+ years
Listed in
Oregon
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she see?
She works with relationship strain, grief, parenting stress, self-esteem issues, and coping with life changes. Additional focuses include guilt and shame, caregiver stress, cancer-related concerns, and midlife transitions.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
She uses conversational, person-centered sessions that invite honest talk about feelings and thoughts. Techniques from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Motivational Interviewing guide practical next steps.
How much experience does she have?
She has 14 years of professional experience working with adults on grief, motivation, confidence, depression, and life changes.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LPC, licensed in Oregon. Counseling is provided from that location and within that licensure scope.
Does she work in other languages or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
Session formats are not specified in the biography. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How does pricing and payment work?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.