Paula Bishop, LMFT

Paula Bishop is a licensed marriage and family therapist with a Master’s Degree in Counseling and a long record of clinical work in California. With 26 years of professional experience, she has spent more than 18 years supporting children and families involved in the child welfare system, helping them navigate issues such as child abuse, neglect, domestic violence, substance use, custody disputes, and related emotional concerns.

Her practice also includes work with adolescent and adult psychiatric patients in acute and residential settings, where she advocated for patients' rights and supported recovery and stabilization. Paula brings a strengths-focused perspective to therapy, emphasizing what clients can do to improve their situations rather than what they cannot do. She helps people identify the constructive behaviors they already use and reframes perceived weaknesses into practical strengths.

Drawing on Solution-Focused Therapy along with Client-Centered and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques, Paula attends to family history and personal values as part of understanding clients' belief systems. She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, compassion fatigue, parenting and family dynamics, anger, career challenges, bipolar disorder, and depression, with additional attention to young adult issues. As an LMFT - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - she aims to equip clients with tools and strategies that support measurable progress toward their goals.