Dr. Paula Ehrmantraut, LCPC, LPC, LPC-MH
Licensed in Montana · 17 years in practice
Dr. Paula Ehrmantraut helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship strains, depression, and LGBT-related concerns.
License and registration
- LCPC, Montana
- BBH-LCPC-LIC-1196 · expires December 2026
- LMHC, Washington
- LH61575860 · expires August 2026
- LPC, South Dakota
- LPC-MH30682 · expires November 2026
- LCMHC, Utah
- 12837443-6004 · expires September 2026
- NPI
- 1831135359 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 17
- Languages
- English
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About Paula
Dr. Paula Ehrmantraut helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship strains, depression, and LGBT-related concerns. She uses straightforward, practical steps to help clients manage hard moments and move toward clearer choices.
Dr. Ehrmantraut holds LCPC (Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor) and related counseling credentials and brings 17 years of clinical experience to her work. Her style is warm and down-to-earth.
She listens without judgment and focuses on what will make daily life easier.
Background and approach
Sessions often include learning simple skills to handle mood shifts, manage worry, or reduce substance use. The goal is steady, manageable progress rather than quick fixes. She draws on several approaches to match each person’s needs.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes understanding and respect in the relationship. Dialectical Behavior Therapy adds practical skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance.
Dr. Ehrmantraut also uses Emotionally-Focused and Existential ideas when they fit the situation, helping people make sense of painful feelings and find personal meaning. She often tailors plans around adoption and foster care concerns, aging and geriatric issues, attachment and communication problems, body image, chronic illness, codependency, and addiction recovery.
Sessions are offered in English and can be scheduled to fit different routines. She accepts international clients and aims to build a steady, realistic path forward with each person.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Paula lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Depression
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
Approaches Paula names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on building a respectful, empathetic relationship so people feel heard and understood; it is useful for those needing support processing emotions and improving self-acceptance. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches concrete techniques to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which helps with anxiety, depression, and many everyday stressors. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) adds skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening communication for strained relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will review concerns, goals, and preferences and then suggest approaches that fit. Decisions about methods and pacing are collaborative so people can try strategies and adjust them based on what helps most.
Online sessions can be done by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and demonstrations of skills. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat or text messaging can be useful for quick check-ins, practicing short skills, or keeping contact between longer sessions. These options make scheduling easier and let therapy fit into busy days.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does she address?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship challenges, depression, and LGBT-related concerns, plus many related issues like attachment, body image, and chronic illness.
What is her therapy style like?
The approach is warm and nonjudgmental with an emphasis on practical skills and steady progress. Sessions focus on learning tools that help in everyday life.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 17 years of experience working with a range of emotional and behavioral concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LCPC (Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor), LPC, and LPC-MH designations and is based in South Dakota.
Which languages are offered and can international clients connect?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Work can take place through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled?
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