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Paul Weaver, LMFT

  • Experience9 years
  • LocationFlorida
  • Focus areasRelationship, Family, and Trauma and abuse
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Attachment-Based Therapy
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About Paul

Paul Weaver is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) who helps people and couples navigate relationship and emotional challenges.

Background and approach

He works with individuals, couples, and families facing concerns such as relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, intimacy issues, depression, anxiety, stress, addiction, grief, parenting challenges, and identity-related questions. Paul also addresses more specific areas like attachment and abandonment concerns, blended family dynamics, body image and eating issues, codependency, and sexual diversity including BDSM and kink topics.

Drawing on nine years of clinical experience and a client-centered stance, Paul emphasizes connection and emotional healing during periods of loss, conflict, or instability. His practice is informed by approaches that include Internal Family Systems, Attachment-Based Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and cognitive-behavioral strategies, with the goal of helping clients find stabilization, clearer communication, and practical ways forward.

Sessions are offered from Florida and are available to international clients in English.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Internal Family Systems (IFS) invites clients to explore inner parts or voices and to cultivate a compassionate, curious relationship with those parts; this can help with trauma responses, attachment wounds, and patterns that affect relationships. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on understanding and shifting relational bonds and emotional patterns between people, which is useful for couples and family difficulties as well as individual attachment injuries. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a nonjudgmental, empathic stance where the therapist supports the client’s own process of discovery and choice, helping clients feel heard and enabling personal growth.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapeutic process, and Paul works collaboratively with clients to determine what methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. He tailors sessions by integrating elements from these approaches as appropriate, and encourages clients to offer feedback so treatment can be adjusted over time.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to attend sessions from different locations or at varied times. These formats allow ongoing work on emotion regulation, communication skills, attachment patterns, and coping strategies without requiring in-person visits, supporting continuity of care for those balancing busy schedules or geographic constraints.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Paul address?
He works with relationship and family problems, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related struggles, depression, anxiety, stress, addictions, grief, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting and fatherhood issues, and a range of attachment and identity concerns.
What is Paul’s general therapeutic style?
Paul practices from a client-centered perspective that emphasizes empathy and collaboration, and his work is also informed by emotionally focused and attachment-based approaches to help deepen connection and emotional awareness.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He has nine years of clinical experience working in independent practice and with a range of relational and individual concerns.
What are his credentials and where is he based?
He is a licensed marriage and family therapist - OR LMFT T2823 and FL LMFT MT3669 - and practices from Florida.
Can sessions be scheduled across borders or in other countries?
Yes, he accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English for clients located outside the United States when appropriate.
Which session formats are available for online work?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different preferences and needs.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What is the first step to begin working together?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions according to the therapist’s availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesDepression

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsLGBTGriefEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBlended family issuesBody imageCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDivorce and separationEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

9+ years

Licensed

Florida, Oregon, Washington

Languages

English