Paula Peterson, LPC

Paula Peterson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Wisconsin with 18 years of clinical experience. She works with adults on concerns such as stress, anxiety, grief, anger, addiction, and depression. Paula also supports people facing life transitions, workplace strain, and issues tied to self-esteem and relationships.

She trained in mental health counseling at the University of Wisconsin-Stout and has worked in day treatment and outpatient settings. That range of experience means she is familiar with both short-term skills work and longer-term therapy. Paula describes counseling as a partnership where people use their own strengths to move forward.

In sessions she focuses on practical, evidence-informed methods. She draws on client-centered approaches to follow the person’s lead, uses cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and applies EMDR when trauma processing is needed. Mindfulness and solution-focused tools are used for coping and clear goal-setting.

Paula has worked with trauma, anxiety, anger management, grief and loss, addictions, and challenges around self-worth. She also lists family-of-origin issues, communication problems, codependency, forgiveness, and hospice and end-of-life counseling among areas she attends to.

She offers counseling in English and practices in Wisconsin. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and a first session is scheduled via the site’s online therapy options button.

How her approaches shape online sessions