Paula Corano, LMFT
California · 15 years in practice
Paula Corano is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California with 15 years of clinical experience.
License and registration
- LMFT, California
- 83322 · expires September 2026
- NPI
- 1669772851 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English, Portuguese
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Paula
Paula Corano is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California with 15 years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical, problem-solving work while staying grounded in empathy. Paula speaks English and Portuguese and aims to help people regain balance when life feels overwhelming.
She uses a systemic lens to look at relationships and patterns that keep problems repeating. That means Paula pays attention to how people influence one another and how situations fit into a bigger picture.
Background and approach
She also draws on attachment-based ideas to help people heal hurt from close relationships and on client-centered methods to keep sessions focused on each person's needs. Sessions are straightforward and goal-oriented. Paula helps clients set clear goals, notices unhelpful thinking patterns, and practices new ways of relating and coping.
She offers practical feedback alongside empathic listening so people can make steady changes between sessions. Her background includes work addressing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting challenges, relationship and intimacy issues, and career concerns. She also brings experience with ADHD, bipolar concerns, caregiving stress, blended family questions, adoption and foster care topics, and body image struggles.
Paula values cultural awareness and respects diverse backgrounds. She frames therapy as a collaborative process and emphasizes small, achievable steps. If someone wants help sorting a problem, she focuses on what matters most to them and on concrete ways to move forward.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Paula lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Paula names
- Systemic Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches you can access online
Paula uses systemic thinking to understand how patterns between people keep problems going. In an online session she will help identify recurring interactions and try small changes to shift those patterns. Attachment-based work is also part of her approach and focuses on how early and current relationships shape feelings of safety and closeness; this work helps with intimacy, trust, and healing relationship wounds.She emphasizes a client-centered stance so sessions are guided by each person's priorities. Finding the right approach is collaborative - Paula will listen to goals, try techniques that fit, and adjust as needed so the work matches a client's needs and preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversation and seeing nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging are good for brief check-ins, coaching-style support, or when someone needs flexible ways to stay connected between longer sessions.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Paula address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting challenges, anger, self-esteem, career questions, and related concerns such as ADHD and bipolar symptoms.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is empathic and goal-oriented. Sessions combine listening with practical feedback and exercises to change unhelpful thinking and behavior.
How much experience does she have?
She has 15 years of clinical experience working with a range of concerns and life transitions.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - LMFT - practicing in California.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Portuguese.
What session formats are available online?
She meets via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.
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