Paula Odom , LCSW

Paula Odom is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in New York who brings a warm, interactive approach to counseling for youth, individuals, and families. She has worked with a broad range of concerns including anxiety, career challenges, depression, parenting difficulties, emotional abuse, and physical trauma, and supports people coping with trauma tied to inequity and oppression.

Her counseling style emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion, creating a collaborative space where clients' experiences are heard and valued. She integrates cognitive-behavioral, humanistic, and rational-emotive methods to tailor conversations and treatment plans to each person's specific needs and goals. That blended approach allows practical skills work alongside exploration of personal values and emotional patterns.

Paula aims to support and empower individuals who are ready to pursue change, helping them build coping strategies, strengthen relationships, and navigate life transitions. She works to meet clients where they are and to adapt therapeutic work to their unique circumstances and priorities.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Paula Odom integrates client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy to guide online work. Client-centered therapy focuses on creating a respectful, nonjudgmental space that prioritizes the client's perspective and personal growth, often supporting relationship, identity, and life transition issues. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify and shift unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors, making it useful for anxiety, mood concerns, and stress management. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills are also used to build practical emotion-regulation and interpersonal strategies when intense emotions or relationship conflicts are present.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Paula collaborates with each person to assess needs, goals, and preferences, and together they adjust methods and goals so the work fits the client’s life and priorities.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around daily life, access support from different locations, and continue consistent care through transitions, while working with licensed professionals and therapists who adapt their methods for remote formats.