Bobbie Paul

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About

Bobbie Paul in Chula Vista's Third Avenue Village holds a PhD and California LMFT license with 32 years of clinical practice specializing in Bowen Family Systems Theory for individuals, couples, and families. The practice receives referrals from primary care physicians across the South Bay, including providers at Perry V. Montoya, MD - Sharp Rees-Stealy Chula Vista, who screen for depression, anxiety, and relationship distress during routine wellness visits. Treatment modalities include EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) for PTSD and trauma processing, with specific caseload experience in military family transitions, domestic violence recovery, and workplace harassment. Stress-management protocols developed in session often pair with community-based mindfulness instruction at studios such as Yoga Box, reinforcing cognitive-behavioral regulation techniques between appointments. The clinical framework applies Bowen's eight interlocking concepts — including differentiation of self, triangulation, and multigenerational transmission — to map chronic anxiety patterns across three or more generations of a family system.