Licensed clinical social worker recordFlorida
Paula Schneider, LCSW
Florida
Licensed clinical social worker - addictions and relationships
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- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in Florida
- LCSW, licence SW12494
- NPI
- 1811102510
- Experience
- 20 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Florida
These details come from information Paula supplied to BetterHelp. A licence can be checked with the social work board of the state that issued it, and an NPI with the national registry.
AAbout
- Addictions and eating issues
- Relationship and family work
- CBT and attachment approaches
About Paula
Paula Schneider is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Florida with 20 years of experience helping people manage addictions, eating concerns, relationship strain, anxiety, and depression. She works with individuals and with family members who are trying to understand and support a loved one. Her focus includes parenting stress, coping with life changes, and the effects of trauma and abuse.
She draws on long experience with addiction treatment and eating disorder work, combining practical strategies with attention to how family patterns affect behavior. Sessions often address problems that come alongside those issues, like guilt, shame, low self-esteem, and difficulty communicating. Paula also supports people wrestling with blended family dynamics and commitment or control issues.
Her style is interactive and straightforward. She listens for what clients already know about themselves and helps them set clear goals. She uses reflection and direct feedback to help people try new ways of relating and coping in day-to-day life.
Paula uses several established approaches to guide sessions, including attachment-focused work, client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, and skills-based tools drawn from dialectical behavior ideas. She integrates relationship-focused approaches when couples or partners are involved in sessions.
People who choose her typically want practical tools as well as space to examine old family patterns. She helps clients move from understanding toward concrete changes in relationships, eating and substance-use patterns, and daily coping. To begin, clients complete a short questionnaire and schedule a first session.
BHow sessions work
How Paula’s therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current connections. In practice this means looking at patterns of closeness, trust and repair, then trying different ways of relating that feel safer and more connected. This work is useful for people struggling with relationship cycles, family of origin issues, and trust problems.Client-Centered Therapy centers the client’s view and experience. The therapist reflects what the client says and follows their pace. This approach helps people clarify goals, resolve self-criticism, and build confidence in making daily changes.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets unhelpful thoughts and behaviors with clear strategies. Clients learn to notice thought patterns, test assumptions, and try practical behavior changes to reduce anxiety, depression, and eating or substance-use habits.
Choosing an approach is collaborative. Paula will help identify which methods fit a person’s needs, goals and preferences, and then adjust as work progresses. She combines insight about family patterns with concrete skills so sessions balance understanding and action.
Confirm the available session formats before booking, since the biography does not list specific delivery methods. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy routines, allow for shorter check-ins during a work break, and remove travel time. It also lets therapists use exercises, homework and real-time skills coaching that connect directly to everyday life.
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Experience
20+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
DQuestions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with addictions, eating and food-related issues, relationship and family problems, anxiety, depression, trauma, parenting stress, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She uses an interactive, practical approach that combines listening with honest feedback and goal setting. Techniques come from attachment work, client-centered practice, CBT and DBT-informed skills.
How much experience does she have?
She has 20 years of clinical experience working in addiction, eating disorder, family and relationship settings.
Is she licensed and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Florida.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Choose the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, call 911, or call or text 988. More crisis numbers