About Kari
Kari Wright is a licensed master social worker with 20 years of experience helping people through hard times. She greets each person with straightforward care and a practical plan. Kari listens first, then works with clients to set clear goals and steps to reach them.
She focuses on problems such as depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, addictions, and ADHD. She also helps people dealing with sleep or eating concerns, anger, self-esteem, and life transitions.
Background and approach
Kari has long experience supporting those facing caregiver strain, chronic illness, and complicated bereavement. In sessions she uses methods like cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, and EMDR. That means she helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and habits, find motivation for change, and process painful memories when needed.
She balances practical skill-building with attention to what matters most to each person. Kari describes therapy as a partnership. She offers clear feedback, validation, and simple tools clients can use between sessions.
She will not push religion; faith is part of care only when a client wants it. She provides services from Michigan and speaks English. People who prefer a direct, goal-oriented approach will find her easy to work with, especially those wanting practical ways to manage stress, mood, or attention differences.
How these approaches work online
CBT helps people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors by using short exercises and practical homework. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and attention-related challenges.Motivational Interviewing focuses on helping a person find and strengthen their own reasons to change. It works well when someone feels stuck or unsure about next steps, such as with addictions or lifestyle shifts.
EMDR is a method for processing distressing memories through guided attention and storytelling. It can be helpful for people with trauma who want to reduce the emotional intensity of past events.
Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that match goals, comfort level, and what has or has not worked before. This is a joint process that can change over time as needs evolve.
Online therapy with Kari uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit busy lives. Video sessions allow face-to-face work and exercises. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be a good shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging work well for quick support, ongoing coaching, and check-ins between appointments.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- 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
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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