About Karen
Karen Cino is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and struggles with motivation. She works with adults dealing with addictions, relationship and intimacy concerns, career challenges, and issues around self-esteem. Karen offers steady support and a practical approach for people ready to make changes.
She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk through what feels hardest. Sessions focus on clear goals and doable steps rather than long lectures.
Background and approach
Karen aims to help clients build coping skills they can use between appointments. Her practice blends client-centered work with structured techniques from cognitive behavioral approaches. That mix lets conversations follow what matters most to the person while also addressing unhelpful thoughts and habits.
Emotionally focused methods are used when relationships and attachment patterns are central to the concern. Karen brings seven years of professional experience and holds the LCSW credential, licensed in Florida. She is comfortable addressing a wide range of concerns including grief, trauma and bipolar-related challenges.
She also supports people navigating adoption and foster care histories, blended family dynamics, and caregiving or aging-related stress. Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients. Work together begins with identifying priorities, trying practical strategies, and adjusting the plan as progress is made.
The focus is on realistic change that fits each person’s life.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship. The therapist follows the person’s lead, helps clarify what matters most, and supports people in finding their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, uses practical steps to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and can help with anxiety, depression, and day-to-day setbacks. Emotionally-Focused Therapy looks at emotional responses and patterns in relationships to improve connection and reduce repeated conflicts.Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with clients about goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust the plan as progress is seen. That collaborative process helps people feel involved and makes it easier to try new skills between sessions.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video is useful for full conversations and relationship work. Phone calls can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Text and live chat allow brief check-ins, reminders, or flexible support outside scheduled appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping consistent momentum.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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