Angelica Paulo is a BIPOC Marriage and Family Therapist Intern native to the Hawaiian Islands. She understands the struggles of feeling isolated, underrepresented, and misunderstood due to historical oppression. Considering the culture and values each client identifies with, Angelica integrates several forms of psychotherapy that adapt to each person's unique needs depending on their challenges, goals, expectations, and motivation.

She aims to provide culturally-aligned and trauma-informed care through a social justice framework that allows her clients to feel understood, safe, hopeful, and empowered. Angelica is equipped to help unpack how clients experience the weight of social injustice, systemic racism, or intergenerational trauma. She utilizes client-centered, evidence and strength-based, narrative, and trauma-informed practices to support people on their healing journey. Angelica guides her clients not just to alleviate symptoms but to create self-care routines and coping skills habitually, which allow them to sustain meaningful lives.

Over 20 years of experience in health, wellness, coaching, and education has prepared Angelica to be a Marriage and Family Therapist. She holds certifications as a Grief Recovery Specialist, Coming of Age Mentor for youth, Positive Parenting Coach, and a Gottmann Method Couples Therapist. Her background as a grief recovery specialist has informed her belief that many of the issues we face involve grief which she defines as the conflicting feelings caused by the end of, or change in, a familiar pattern of behavior – a significant emotional loss of any kind.

Angelica uses a Narrative lens to see the many stories informing a clients identity. Difficult patterns become easier to shed as we develop understanding of their conscious triggers and unconscious roots. Of course, as challenges do arise in the here and now, we will meet them head on utilizing narrative and solution focused interventions.

Her areas of practice focus on supporting those struggling with grief and loss, developmental or attachment trauma, relationships, depression, anxiety, low self-esteem and the complex experiences of those who hold multiple identities by bridging the gap between Western therapeutic models & Indigenous ways of healing so that clients can remember their inner strengths, become their own healers, and reconnect with their roots.

She works with clients (individuals, couples, families, groups) and those anywhere on the spectrums of age, gender/sexuality, (non)religion, ability, and cultural & racial identity; who express body and sex positivity everywhere from asexual to kink or BDSM...monogamous to poly...and beyond.

Angelica is currently practicing under the supervision of Dr. Misty Gibson until full licensure is complete.

During Angelica’s time as an intern at FlowArt Therapy, she will offer reduced rate sliding fee scale sessions from $60-$150. Please inquire about different session times and fees.