Paula Corano, LMFT

Paula Corano is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with 15 years of clinical experience. She holds a master's degree in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University. She works with adults on a wide range of life stresses, including relationship strain, parenting concerns, grief, trauma, and anger.

Paula uses clear, goal-focused work to help people break unhelpful thinking patterns. She draws on approaches that emphasize how relationships and attachment shape feelings and behavior. Her background includes Parent-Child Interaction Therapy training from the University of California, Davis, which informs her work with parents and children.

In sessions she combines practical feedback with client-centered listening. That means setting goals together and using tools that can be practiced between meetings. She often uses cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness practices to reduce reactivity and build different responses to stress.

Paula also uses emotionally-focused and attachment-based work when relationship patterns are at the root of pain. This helps people notice underlying needs and change repeated cycles that lead to arguments or withdrawal. She pays attention to cultural context and the ways family history and adoption or abandonment issues shape current relationships.

People who come to her for anger concerns can expect a mix of skill-building and relational work. She helps identify triggers, practice new coping steps, and talk through how anger affects connections at home and work. Sessions are offered in English and Portuguese and are grounded in practical steps clients can try between appointments.

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