Paula Soria

Paula Soria is a Washington-licensed mental health counselor with 24 years of practice. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, parenting pressures, low self-esteem, and depression. Paula speaks English and Spanish and aims to treat each person with respect and compassion.

She focuses on listening first, so clients feel heard before making a plan. Paula adapts conversations and goals to each person’s situation. That often means breaking larger problems into small, manageable steps.

Paula has worked across many concerns over two decades, including mood and panic disorders, body image and eating and food-related issues, caregiver strain, and multicultural or immigration-related stress. Her experience includes working with people who struggle with codependency, control issues, and family of origin problems.

In sessions she emphasizes practical strategies that fit day-to-day life. That can include building coping skills for anxiety, planning steady steps through grief, and strengthening confidence in parenting choices. Paula also helps people identify patterns that fuel low mood or conflict.

She frames therapy as a collaborative process. Paula helps clients set realistic goals and adjusts the approach as progress unfolds. To begin, she asks questions to match the work to each person’s needs and life situation.

How evidence-based techniques translate to online work

Paula uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear skills and steady progress. One common approach helps people learn practical coping skills for anxiety and panic, such as short breathing or grounding exercises and planning small behavioral steps. Another area centers on mood and depression, where the work often includes identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and building activities that restore routine and motivation.

Finding the right approach is part of the process and is decided together. Paula listens to the person's goals and preferences, then suggests methods that fit the situation. She adjusts the plan over time so the work stays useful and relevant.

If you are considering online work, confirm current session options before booking so you know what is offered. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example, they can reduce commuting time, allow shorter check-ins during a lunch break, or enable appointments from elsewhere when travel would be difficult. Talk with Paula about what will work best for scheduling and the style of sessions you prefer.