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Sarah Paulick

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Sarah Paulick, LMHC

Florida

Licensed Mental Health Counselor - Anger and Trauma

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Key details

  • CredentialsLMHC
  • LicenseLMHC, Florida / MH14052
  • NPI1467799874
  • Experience17 years
  • LanguagesEnglish
  • LocationFlorida

About

  • CBT methods
  • ACT and DBT ideas
  • Attachment focus

About Sarah

Sarah Paulick is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Florida with 17 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, anger, relationship and family concerns, and a wide range of other life challenges. Sarah’s background includes work with first responders, healthcare professionals, young adults, and diverse communities.

She focuses on practical skills that help people manage strong emotions and break unhelpful patterns. Sessions often cover emotion regulation, identifying triggers, and building strategies to handle anger and frustration in everyday settings. She also supports people coping with grief, parenting strain, career stress, and changes brought on by illness or loss.

Her approach blends evidence-based tools from cognitive behavioral work, acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment perspectives, and dialectical behavior strategies. That means conversations about thoughts and behaviors are paired with exercises to notice feelings, set small goals, and try new ways of responding. Sarah also uses client-centered principles to keep sessions direct and collaborative.

She draws on years of experience with trauma survivors and people who have faced repeated stress. Practical nervous-system regulation techniques and attention to relationship patterns are common in her work. The aim is to reduce reactivity and increase options for responding when anger or anxiety arise.

Outside of clinical work she enjoys time on the water and being with her dogs. To begin, readers are invited to use the site's matching and scheduling tools to set up a first session.

How sessions work

How her approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and feelings while choosing actions that align with what matters. It helps when anger or avoidance gets in the way of daily goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the connections between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and uses short exercises to shift unhelpful patterns; this can reduce reactivity and improve problem solving. Attachment-Based Therapy examines relationship patterns and early bonds to understand how they shape responses to stress and anger.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. She will work with each person to figure out which combination of methods best fits their goals and preferences, and adjust techniques as sessions progress. That collaboration means trying practical exercises, reviewing what worked, and changing course when needed.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow for shorter check-ins when time is limited, and remove the need to travel to appointments. In practice, this can help people keep therapy consistent while they practice new ways of responding to anger and stress.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDissociationDivorce and separationEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFirst responder issuesGuilt and shameIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsPanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSexual assault and abuseWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyEye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

17+ years

Listed in

Florida

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of anger issues does she address?

She works with people who snap at loved ones, hold growing resentment, or struggle with workplace frustration. Anger is listed among the many concerns she helps with.

What is her therapy style with anger?

Her style combines practical skills training with reflective work on attachment and patterns. Sessions often mix behavior-focused exercises and awareness techniques.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has 17 years of experience working in the field with at-risk youth and adults and with first responders and healthcare staff.

What credential does she hold and where is she based?

She is a Florida LMHC, which stands for Licensed Mental Health Counselor, and her practice is located in Florida.

Can I work with her if English is not my first language?

Sessions are offered in English.

Does she work with international clients?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.

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