About Pauline
Pauline Gray is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 18 years of experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship strain, and life transitions. She also supports people managing ADHD-related challenges and those wrestling with guilt, forgiveness, or questions about life purpose.
Pauline uses a practical, respectful style in sessions. She listens first, then tailors conversation and steps to each person's situation. Sessions focus on clear goals and small, doable changes rather than long lists of techniques.
Background and approach
Clients can expect straightforward talk about what’s getting in the way and what could help. Pauline pays attention to motivation, communication patterns, and daily habits that affect mood and focus. She makes room to address caregiver stress and women’s issues when those come up.
Her work emphasizes real-life problem solving. That can mean practicing different ways to talk with someone, setting up routines that support attention, or learning short strategies to reduce anxiety. Progress is tracked in simple, observable ways so people can see what’s changing.
Pauline is based in California and brings nearly two decades of clinical experience to each session. She aims to create a calm, accepting space where people can start solving current problems and plan for a more manageable future.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online care
Pauline works with evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear skills and behavioral changes. One common approach helps people build daily routines and attention strategies to manage distractibility and ADHD-related challenges; it emphasizes small, repeatable habits that support focus and reduce stress. Another approach concentrates on anxiety and stress reduction through short, practical coping skills such as breathing, brief behavioral experiments, and structured problem-solving to break large worries into manageable steps.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk about your goals, try different strategies, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. Sessions are collaborative so clients can weigh what feels useful and what doesn't, and the plan evolves as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people work face-to-face when that is important. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging can support brief updates, reminders, and ongoing coaching between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep consistent support over time.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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