Paul Sullivan

Individuals, couples or families I counsel are motivated to reach their potential, build a healthy and meaningful life, and make a positive impact. I help people who have had some success in their personal or professional lives build the skills needed to manage and reduce anxiety, stress, ambivalence, fear, conflict or complex relationships.

Couples I work with create thriving relationships by mastering the communication and trust needed for deeper connection, shared reality and intimacy. Families find healing, resolution, and harmony from long-standing conflict, disconnection and/or members with mental/physical health problems through deep listening and empathy. Parents with children struggling to develop connection-based parenting skills that bring back the sweet connection and joy with their children.

Through compassionate and honest conversation, individuals couples, and families will develop the ability to recognize, align, and commit to caring for your needs and living your core values and dreams.

Using humanistic, psychodynamic, and family systems approaches, mindfulness, Nonviolent Communication skills, and optimism, I will help you build the skills and habits necessary to meet this commitment. I work to listen deeply and build trust with unconditional acceptance, compassion, and a sense of humor.

The primary focus of my style of therapy is to provide and build a strong relationship, also known as the therapeutic alliance. My style is also interactive and while I will provide a stable relationship and deep empathic listening that you can trust, I will offer my perspectives on what I think is the best course of action for your potential of growth and healing. Regardless of the choices you make and how you make use of our work together I will offer my unconditional support and positive regard.

Because there is no part of life that doesn’t impact our well-being, in any given session we will discuss topics of interest, current events, work, rest and relaxation, money, relationships with others and yourself as well as diving deeply into the difficulties brought you therapy. We will identify and build the skills needed do navigate successfully through those difficulties. We will also laugh as I also use humor to help us relax, connect, and sometimes explore difficult topics. When you’re ready and available I will challenge you to grow and provide support needed for that growth.