About Paula
Paula Savarese is a licensed clinical social worker who supports adults facing stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, trauma and abuse, depression, and adjustment to life changes.
Background and approach
With 17 years of professional experience, she focuses on helping people navigate difficult emotions and practical shifts so they can move toward greater balance and well-being. Paula aims to meet each person where they are and to work collaboratively on achievable goals.
She cultivates an open, nonjudgmental environment in which clients are encouraged to express thoughts and feelings honestly. Paula emphasizes empowerment and practical support, helping clients build coping strategies and understand patterns that contribute to distress.
Clients who choose her work with a therapist licensed in Illinois who combines professional experience with compassion to guide them through change and recovery.
Evidence-Based Approaches and How They Work Online
Paula uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional understanding. One approach emphasizes identifying and shifting unhelpful thought patterns to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms, teaching skills to reframe stressful thinking and respond differently to triggers. Another approach centers on processing trauma and abuse in a paced, supportive way so clients can reduce distressing memories and develop safer coping strategies for daily life.
Finding the right approach is part of the collaborative work she does with each person. Paula will discuss options, listen to individual goals and preferences, and adjust methods over time so treatment feels like a good fit rather than a one-size-fits-all plan.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, making it easier to schedule sessions around work and life demands. These formats allow ongoing access to a licensed professional from different locations within Illinois, support continuity of care, and make it simpler to use therapy tools and exercises between sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English