About Karen
Karen Kelly is a licensed clinical social worker with 13 years of experience based in Alaska. She helps people who are dealing with anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, and ADHD. Karen aims to make therapy straightforward and practical for everyday life.
Her style is warm and grounded. She listens without judgment and works with each person to set clear, manageable goals. Sessions often focus on skills you can use between meetings to reduce overwhelm and increase calm.
Background and approach
Karen draws from several approaches, including cognitive behavioral techniques, acceptance-based work, and eye movement desensitization when trauma is part of the picture. She blends methods to match what a person needs rather than sticking to a single method. That means therapy can include learning new thinking skills, practicing mindfulness, and processing painful memories when appropriate.
She has experience supporting people affected by first responder cultures, veterans' issues, workplace stress, and social isolation. She also helps with relationship concerns, grief, anger, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem. Karen understands how guilt, shame, and duty can shape reactions and choices.
Sessions are offered in English and French and are available through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Getting started begins with the Start Therapy button and a short matching questionnaire, then scheduling according to therapist availability.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and focus on actions that match their values, which can reduce avoidance and increase meaningful activity. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and teaches practical skills to change patterns that feed anxiety or low mood. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is a trauma-focused approach used to process painful memories and reduce their emotional intensity when trauma is central to a person's difficulties.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Karen will talk with each person about goals, symptoms, and preferences, then recommend a mix of methods and adjust as progress is made. The plan is collaborative and revisited over time to fit changing needs.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text can suit brief check-ins or times when messaging fits a schedule. These formats help people fit therapy around work, caregiving, and other obligations while keeping continuity with a licensed professional.
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What this therapist works with
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- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Alaska
- Languages
- English, French
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