Paulette Griffin

Paulette Griffin is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Georgia with 25 years of experience in inpatient and clinical settings. She offers individual and group therapy and helps people facing relationship struggles, family conflict, and challenges at work. Paulette aims to support people through difficult life changes and to help them build on their strengths. Her approach treats the client as the expert in their own story. She focuses on practical steps that help people move toward a more satisfying life. Paulette listens for what matters most to each person and helps set goals that feel achievable. Over her career she has worked with people dealing with trauma and abuse, grief, parenting stress, anger, low self-esteem, depression, and career concerns. She also addresses communication problems, veteran and armed forces issues, and personality disorder-related challenges. When more services are needed she can make referrals to other providers. In sessions she looks for concrete tools that match a person's situation. That might involve talking through interactions that cause conflict, practicing clearer communication, or planning steps to manage strong emotions. She supports parents who feel strained and people changing jobs or roles. Paulette believes change takes courage and that support can make the path easier. She aims to empower people so they can use their strengths and move forward toward the goals they choose.

Evidence-based approaches and how they work online

Evidence-based therapeutic techniques focus on methods shown to help many people, such as skills for managing emotions and ways to improve communication. One common approach teaches specific tools to recognize and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which can reduce symptoms of depression and increase day-to-day functioning. Another helpful method concentrates on improving how people relate to others. It practices clearer communication, boundary setting, and step-by-step conflict resolution to ease relationship and family stress. These approaches often include role plays, problem-solving, and homework to try between sessions. Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss your goals, preferences, and needs and then suggest methods to try together. Clients and therapist decide what fits best, and adjustments are made as progress is tracked. Confirm which session formats are offered before booking, since specific formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, allowing shorter check-ins during breaks, avoiding travel time, or reducing the need to be on camera for some conversations. Talk with the therapist about what will work practically for scheduling and how to shape sessions to match daily routines.