Paulette Plummer, LCSW, LISW-CP

North Carolina · 26 years in practice

Paulette Plummer is a licensed social worker who helps people handle stress, anxiety, grief, and relationship strain.

License and registration

LCSW, North Carolina: C005644 · expires April 2027
LISW-CP, South Carolina: 11122 · expires December 2026
NPI: 1457559858 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 26
Languages: English

Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.

About Paulette

Paulette Plummer is a licensed social worker who helps people handle stress, anxiety, grief, and relationship strain. She uses plain language and steady support to guide clients through hard changes and emotional setbacks. With 26 years of experience, Paulette draws on practical ways to manage mood disorders, depression, bipolar symptoms, and attention challenges.

She offers clear strategies for parents dealing with the daily strain of raising children and for people facing family conflict, separation, or adoption and foster care concerns.

Background and approach

Her work emphasizes understanding each person's story and cultural background. Paulette pays attention to how identity, race, immigration history, and discrimination shape feelings and choices. That perspective informs how she talks through shame, isolation, guilt, and multicultural worries.

Sessions focus on building communication skills, improving coping tools, and setting realistic steps for change. She combines client-centered listening with techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and solution-focused methods to help clients test small changes and notice results. Clients can expect a calm, respectful space to name problems and try new approaches.

Paulette is credentialed as an LCSW and a LISW-CP and practices in North Carolina. Her style aims to be direct but kind, helping people move from feeling stuck to making practical progress.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Paulette lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Grief
Parenting issues
Trauma and abuse
Anger management
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Depression
Coping with life changes
ADHD
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Blended family issues
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Divorce and separation
Family problems
Guilt and shame
Immigration issues
Impulsivity
Isolation / loneliness
Mood disorders
Multicultural concerns
Prejudice and discrimination
Self-love
Young adult issues

Approaches Paulette names

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Online support

How Paulette’s Approaches Work Online

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person as they tell their story. The therapist follows the client’s lead, reflects what she hears, and helps people feel understood so they can consider change. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It breaks problems into manageable steps, offers practical exercises, and helps with anxiety, depression, mood swings, and attention-related challenges. Finding the best approach is a team effort. Paulette works with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and comfort level, and she adjusts plans as progress is made. Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls recreate a face-to-face conversation for deeper discussion, phone sessions work well when bandwidth or a camera is not ideal, and live chat or text-based messaging suit quick check-ins or ongoing support between appointments. These options give flexibility for scheduling, shorter touchpoints when needed, and ways to keep momentum during life transitions. Licensed professionals tailor the mix of approaches and formats so therapy stays practical and relevant to daily life.

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Questions people ask

What concerns can Paulette help with?

She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, grief, parenting stress, relationship and family conflict, ADHD, trauma and abuse, anger, and self-esteem struggles.

What is her general therapy style?

Her approach blends client-centered listening with practical methods like cognitive behavioral techniques, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused work to set achievable goals.

How long has she practiced?

She has 26 years of experience working with a range of emotional and life-change challenges.

Where is she licensed and located?

She holds LCSW in North Carolina and LISW-CP in South Carolina and practices in North Carolina.

In which languages are sessions offered?

Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.

How does billing or cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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