Meet your therapist

Nice to meet you!

I’m Paul Meeker

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

⭐ About Paul

I was born and grew up in Northern California but have spent 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.

🙂 Style

  • Calm, Strengths-based, Engaging.

👍 Fun facts about Paul

  • 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.

📚 Specialities

  • Adjustment, Anxiety, Defiance / Aggression, Transition, Grief + Loss, Learning Disabilities, Medical Issues or illness, School Issues, Separation Anxiety, Sleep Issues, Interpersonal/peer conflicts; Sibling conflicts.

👥 Approach

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), Person-Centered, Narrative Therapy.

🤝 Works with

  • All ages.

🎓 Credentials

  • BSc Early Childhood Education Pacific Union College; MSW New Mexico Highlands University

  • Licensed in California and Colorado.

➕ More about Paul

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.

  • #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.