Paulette Arboleda, MS

Location: Winter Park Office and Online

Insurances Accepted: Aetna, Allegiance, Allied Health Benefit, Florida Blue, BCBS, Cigna, Meritain, & Orlando Health UMR.

Specialties: Women's Issues, LGBTQIA+, & Complex Trauma

About Paulette

Paulette Arboleda is dedicated to walking alongside adults ready to untangle the deep-rooted beliefs and emotional patterns keeping them stuck. Her heart-led focus includes maternal mental health (such as the fear of entering parenthood, postpartum anxiety or depression, and feelings of not being “enough” as a mother), self-esteem and identity support (especially when tied to persistent anxiety or depression), LGBTQ+ mental health (including religious trauma, coming out, and navigating queer relationships), and trauma healing (particularly childhood trauma and complex PTSD).

Her clients often come to her carrying invisible weight: the pressure to do it all, the fear they’re failing, or the haunting belief that something’s inherently wrong with them. Many have spent years silencing their needs or losing touch with who they are underneath life’s expectations. Paulette offers a safe, affirming, and collaborative space to begin healing; to feel seen, heard, and slowly come home to the self. Her work supports clients in calming emotional overwhelm, softening self-doubt, and learning to trust their inner wisdom again.

Paulette’s approach is holistic, trauma-informed, and rooted in the belief that healing happens when we honor the full story, mind and body. She integrates traditional talk therapy with mindfulness, nervous system regulation, self-compassion practices, and expressive tools like art and journaling. She also draws from Jungian therapy, which gently explores symbols and archetypes to connect with the unconscious self, and narrative therapy, which helps clients re-author the stories they’ve been carrying about who they are and what they deserve. Paulette earned her Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Nova Southeastern University and brings together her formal training, intuitive presence, and lived experience in every session.

Outside the therapy room, Paulette lives with her wife and their growing collection of leafy green plants. She finds peace in warm cups of tea, nature walks, playing video games, and curling up with a good book. Her work is both a practice and a calling - to support others in remembering that they are not broken, and they don’t have to carry it all alone.

Qualifications: Registered Mental Health Counseling Intern