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LMFT

Pauline Gray, LMFT

  • Experience18 years
  • LocationCalifornia
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Relationship
  • LanguagesEnglish
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About Pauline

Pauline Gray is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 18 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, self-esteem concerns, and life transitions. She emphasizes a respectful, sensitive, and compassionate approach and adapts conversations and treatment plans to each person's specific circumstances.

Background and approach

Pauline also focuses on issues related to ADHD, caregiver stress, communication difficulties, and matters of guilt, forgiveness, and self-love. She aims to create a collaborative environment where clients can explore motivation, confidence, and life purpose while receiving practical support for coping with change.

Her practice centers on tailoring interventions to individual needs rather than applying a one-size-fits-all method. Pauline encourages those taking the first step toward therapy and frames that decision as a meaningful act of courage and self-care.

Based in California, Pauline brings long-term clinical experience to sessions and works in English. She designs treatment in partnership with clients so that goals and strategies align with each person's values and day-to-day life.

Evidence-Based Techniques and Flexible Online Care

Pauline incorporates evidence-based therapeutic techniques in her practice, using approaches that focus on practical coping skills and emotional processing. One common technique helps clients build concrete strategies for managing stress, anxiety, and ADHD-related challenges by teaching organization, attention management, and short-term behavioral changes. Another approach centers on improving relationships and communication, offering tools to express needs clearly and repair patterns that cause conflict or disconnection.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Pauline works collaboratively with clients to identify which techniques best match their goals, needs, and preferences. She adapts methods over time and involves clients in decisions about pacing, focus, and goals so treatment feels relevant and manageable.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which allow for flexibility around work, caregiving, and daily routines. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care when schedules are busy or circumstances change, while still allowing licensed professionals to provide structured support and practical strategies for everyday challenges.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Pauline commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, self-esteem issues, coping with life changes, and ADHD, along with caregiver stress, communication problems, guilt and shame, forgiveness, life purpose, self-love, and women's issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is respectful, sensitive, and compassionate, with treatment plans tailored to each client. She emphasizes collaborative dialogue to match methods to individual needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Pauline has 18 years of professional work experience supporting people through a range of emotional and relational concerns.
What credentials and location apply to her practice?
She holds the credential LMFT and is licensed in California under CA LMFT 43470.
Does she offer services in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English, and she is not currently accepting international clients.
In what formats are sessions available?
Appointments can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different preferences and schedules.
How is payment and cost structured?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that may be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesSelf esteemCoping with life changesADHD

Additional focus areas

Caregiver issues and stressCommunication problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameLife purposeSelf-loveWomen's issues

Experience

18+ years

Licensed

California

Languages

English