Pauline Arquero-Canlas

Pauline Arquero-Canlas is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in New York. She offers a calm, practical presence for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, or big life transitions. She speaks English and Tagalog and aims to make the first steps into therapy straightforward and manageable.

Pauline focuses on day-to-day problems that spill into mood and relationships. She helps people who struggle with self-esteem, parenting pressures, career uncertainty, and family conflict. She also supports those dealing with panic, trauma, chronic illness, body image concerns, and attachment or abandonment worries.

In sessions she listens closely and shapes the work to fit the person in front of her. She uses client-centered methods to follow a person's pace, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and patterns, and Emotionally-Focused Therapy to address relationship wounds. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are other tools she draws on when they suit the client's goals.

People can expect straightforward conversation, goal-setting, and practical steps to try between meetings. Pauline aims to reduce overwhelm and build clearer ways to cope with stress and difficult emotions. She frames therapy as a collaborative effort where small changes add up.

She has four years of clinical experience in outpatient settings in New York. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to availability. The LMHC credential stands for Licensed Mental Health Counselor and indicates licensure in New York.

How Pauline’s approaches translate to online care

Pauline uses client-centered therapy to follow each person’s pace, offering listening and reflection so clients feel understood and can set their own goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is used to spot and change thought patterns that feed anxiety or low mood, with clear exercises to try between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Pauline treats the choice of method as a collaboration - she will talk with the client about goals and preferences, then adjust techniques as needed. That way the plan fits what the person actually wants to change.

Session format options are not listed in the biography, so confirm current session formats before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, shorten check-ins when time is limited, or avoid travel time to the office. Many people find it simpler to keep continuity when life is unpredictable, and the therapist and client can decide together on pacing and homework that works for day-to-day life.