About Karen
Karen Schwartz Triana is a licensed clinician in Florida who helps people facing anxiety, stress, depression, ADHD, trauma, and relationship concerns. She uses straightforward, goal-oriented work to help people notice change and take the next steps toward feeling better. Karen greets people with a calm, direct approach and keeps sessions focused on practical progress.
She trained at the University of South Florida and has 14 years of clinical experience. Early in her career she worked as a career counselor and later moved into mental health practice.
Background and approach
That background informs her interest in career and workplace issues as well as life transitions. Sessions are collaborative and tailored to what each person wants to achieve. She draws on client-centered methods to follow what matters most to the person in the room.
She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused strategies help when someone wants brisk, action-oriented steps. Karen helps set practical goals and tracks progress from session to session.
She leaves time at the end of meetings for reflection and planning the next step. Her work covers a wide range of concerns, including mood disorders, addictions, grief, parenting strain, impulsivity, and communication problems. People who prefer clear steps, measurable goals, and a warm but direct style often find this approach helpful.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening carefully and following what matters most to the person. Online sessions use that same stance to let the clinician reflect concerns, priorities, and strengths so goals feel personally relevant. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses clear exercises to build different habits; CBT tools can be reviewed and practiced during video or text sessions. Motivational interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change and works well when someone is weighing options or feeling stuck.Choosing the right method is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked in the past. From there she will try approaches that fit and adjust them as progress is tracked. That collaborative decision-making helps make therapy feel useful and realistic.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which let people pick what fits their schedule and energy level. Video is useful for more in-depth conversations, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging support quick check-ins or work between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, and daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Florida, New York, Maryland
- Languages
- English
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