Paula Corano, LMFT
California · 15 years in practice
Paula Corano is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 15 years of clinical experience in California.
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 with 15 years of clinical experience in California. She brings a practical, goal-focused style to sessions and prioritizes what matters most to each person. Paula speaks English and Portuguese and aims to make therapy straightforward and understandable for busy parents and adults.
Her work blends emotion-focused methods with attachment-based thinking. She helps people describe what they feel, notice how those feelings shape relationships, and try new ways of relating that feel safer and more connected.
Background and approach
Paula also uses client-centered and cognitive behavioral tools to address unhelpful thoughts and habits. Paula has a background in supporting people through stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and life transitions. She also offers help for relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting challenges, anger, self-esteem, and career stress.
Her practice includes attention to adoption and foster care issues, attachment concerns, and caregiver strain. In sessions she combines empathy with clear steps toward change. Conversations focus on small, achievable goals and practical skills you can use between meetings.
She listens for cultural context and respects different backgrounds while tailoring strategies to each person. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability. Sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, using a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
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
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
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
How emotion and attachment work in online therapy
Paula commonly uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people notice and name their feelings, and to try new ways of connecting that reduce conflict and increase closeness. EFT can be useful for relationship strain, intimacy issues, and strong emotional reactions that feel stuck.She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early patterns shape current relationships and safety needs. This approach helps clients understand why they react the way they do and practice different responses in relationships. Client-Centered Therapy is another influence, which emphasizes the person's own goals and pacing during work together.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Paula works with each person to match methods to their goals and preferences, adjusting plans as progress unfolds. She focuses on what feels most helpful and practical for daily life.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video works well for deeper conversations and nonverbal cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text is useful for brief check-ins or when a shorter touchpoint is needed. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, parenting, or caregiving routines.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Paula commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family issues, trauma and grief, parenting challenges, anger, self-esteem, career problems, and related concerns listed in her specialties.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style combines empathy with practical steps. Sessions focus on clear goals and skills people can use between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 15 years of experience working with individuals and families on a wide range of emotional and behavioral concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Portuguese.
What session formats are available?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as session options.
How does cost and billing work?
Session cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with her services?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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