About Paul
Paul Germany is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas with 20 years of experience. He works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, ADHD, and a wide range of relationship and identity concerns. Paul aims for straightforward, respectful care and uses practical tools to help people manage day-to-day challenges.
He began studying psychology at the University of Texas at Austin and completed a Master of Arts in clinical psychology at Stephen F.
Background and approach
Austin State University. Much of his career was spent as a mental health clinician at UTMB-CMC, where he worked in a variety of settings. His background includes both outpatient and inpatient work and a mix of individual and group support.
Paul draws on somatic approaches alongside client-centered, cognitive behavioral, dialectical behavior, and emotionally focused therapies. He tailors methods to each person, choosing techniques that match present needs and goals. Sessions focus on practical steps, emotional understanding, and learning new ways to respond to stress and strong feelings.
In practice he uses exercises that involve breath, body awareness, and grounding alongside talk-based tools such as thought work and behavioral experiments. He also offers strategies for sleep, anger, grief, and coping with life transitions. When a concern falls outside his range, he will assist in finding another professional who fits better.
Paul communicates plainly and listens with patience. He supports clients through change, helping them build skills they can use between sessions and in everyday life.
How Paul blends body-focused and practical approaches online
Paul uses somatic work to help people notice how stress shows up in the body, then teaches simple grounding and breath techniques to reduce physical tension. This approach can be useful for trauma reactions, chronic anxiety, and anger that shows in bodily sensations.He also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which centers the client's own goals and experiences and emphasizes empathy and respect. That style helps people feel heard and guides the pace of change based on what feels right for them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors with clear, practical exercises that address depression, anxiety, and sleep problems.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. Paul talks with each person about their goals and tries methods that match those aims. He checks in and adjusts the plan so techniques feel useful and manageable.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. These options let people fit sessions into busy schedules, practice skills between meetings, and choose the format that feels safest and most convenient.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English