About Pauline
Pauline Arquero-Canlas is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who practices in New York. She brings four years of counseling experience to conversations about stress, anxiety, self-esteem, and life transitions. She speaks English and Tagalog and aims to create a calm space for people to talk through what feels most urgent.
Her style is collaborative and person-focused. She listens first, then helps people set practical goals they can try between sessions.
Background and approach
She adapts methods to what each person needs rather than following a fixed script. Pauline uses a mix of approaches such as cognitive behavioral work to challenge unhelpful thoughts and client-centered listening to build trust. She also draws on emotionally-focused ideas to help with relationship patterns and mindfulness practices for managing stress and panic.
She has worked with concerns that include parenting strain, communication problems, family conflict, grief, and changes tied to career or money. She also supports people facing body-image worries, chronic illness or pain, and trauma-related symptoms. Sessions can be short-term problem-focused work or longer exploration based on what a person wants.
Pauline emphasizes steady progress, simple skills, and clear steps someone can use day to day. The goal is to help people feel more capable of handling the next hard moment.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy centers the person in each session by prioritizing listening and understanding. In practice this means sessions focus on what the person wants to talk about, with the therapist offering empathy and support to help people clarify goals and next steps.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, panic, and low mood and includes simple exercises to practice between meetings.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the person about their needs and preferences and together decide which methods to try first. Adjustments are made over time based on what is helpful.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for longer discussions and visual cues, phone calls can fit a break at work or use less bandwidth, and chat or messaging can suit quick check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to keep regular sessions and try techniques in day-to-day life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English, Tagalog