About Karen
Karen Mohammed-Perry is a licensed mental health counselor in New York with 25 years of clinical experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, and ADHD. She focuses on practical tools that make daily life easier and clearer.
Her style is warm and respectful. She uses straightforward conversation to identify what is most urgent for each person. Sessions center on skills people can use between meetings, not just talk during them.
Background and approach
Karen draws on cognitive behavioral approaches to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. She also uses mindfulness practices to help people notice stress and regulate strong emotions. Motivational interviewing techniques support people who want to make changes but feel stuck.
She pays attention to life context, including issues like grief, relationship conflict, career stress, and parenting strain. She adapts plans to each person’s background and goals so the work fits real life. Karen holds two master’s degrees and a post-master’s credential in the treatment of alcohol and drug abuse clients.
Her long clinical history includes work with co-occurring concerns such as substance use, mood disorders, and complicated life transitions. People who reach out can expect a collaborative approach that balances practical strategies with support. The aim is clearer choices, better coping, and steadier day-to-day functioning.
How her approaches translate to online care
Karen uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors; this approach is useful for anxiety, depression, ADHD-related routines, and habit change. She also uses mindfulness therapy to teach simple attention and breathing practices that reduce overwhelm and improve focus. Motivational interviewing is woven in when someone wants to make a change but feels uncertain, supporting readiness and clearer goals.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Karen works collaboratively to match methods to a person’s goals, preferences, and daily life. Early sessions test what helps most, and plans are adjusted as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for sessions that need more conversation and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging suit brief updates, coaching-style support, or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules while keeping the focus on practical tools and steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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