Paul Meeker, LCSW:
Great to meet you!
I was born and grew up in NorthernCalifornia but have spen the last 11 years in the southwest, New Mexico and Colorado. In my work I try to engage children and families where they are in lifes journey to support them in finding relief from whatever symptoms and problems seem to be in their way. I have worked with youth and families since I was in high school including 17 years in early childhood education; working in school settings; guiding youth and families in the outdoors; and providing remote telehealth particularly to students who weren't able to attend school.
Speciality: Adjustment, Anxiety, Defiance / Aggression, Transition, Grief + Loss, Learning Disabilities, Medical Issues or illness, School Issues, Separation Anxiety, Sleep Issues, Interpersonal/peer conflicts; sibling conflicts
Works with: All Ages
Approach: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), Person-Centered, Narrative Therapy
Style: Calm, Strengths-based, Engaging
BSc Early Childhood Education Pacific Union College; MSW New Mexico Highlands University
Licensed in California and Colorado
Meet your Therapist
Fun Facts:
SuperPower: Empathy mixed with humor and humility in acknowledging that while I might fill a critical role it is easily outsized by the work the clients must do themselves.
Free Time: Biking, Rock climbing, hiking, backpacking, traveling, cooking, gardening, cross country skiing, paddling white and flat water, exploring, binge watching interesting [to me] series.
Self-Care: Anything outside.
#1 Dinner-Date: I recently lost my father and it would be a gift to sit down to one last meal with him. Although I have a thousand questions the dinner would be more about time spent in his presence with his spirit.
Proudest Moment: That is really a tie between visiting my maternal grandfathers home and family burial spot in Hiroshima prefecture in Japan and the birth of my first son where I got to hold him.