About Karla
Karla Garcia-Velez is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who focuses on practical approaches clients can use day to day. She uses methods that help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, sleep problems, grief, and ADHD symptoms. Karla writes and talks plainly, so people know what to expect from sessions.
With seven years of clinical experience, she tailors care to each person's needs. She listens first to understand current struggles and goals.
Background and approach
Then she and the client decide which tools to try, mixing approaches as needed. Her work draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, client-centered methods, and hypnotherapy. That mix lets her suggest habits, thought exercises, and behavior changes that fit a person's life.
She also supports people facing caregiving strain, chronic illness, or end-of-life concerns. Karla offers sessions in English and Spanish for people located in Colorado. She uses verbal coaching and practical homework so people can apply what they learn between meetings.
Clients can expect straightforward feedback and step-by-step plans when appropriate. People looking for help are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule appointments based on availability. Therapy uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
Karla emphasizes collaboration and works with each person to choose useful, realistic next steps.
How Karla's Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions toward those values while learning to live with difficult thoughts. It often helps with anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns; it is commonly used for anxiety, low mood, and sleep issues.The right method is part of the work. Karla reviews goals and preferences with each person and suggests approaches together. That collaborative process means techniques can be adjusted over time based on what is helpful and what fits someone’s daily routine.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more accessible. Video allows face-to-face interaction and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a shorter break or use less bandwidth. Live chat and text are useful for brief check-ins, coaching-style guidance, and people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to try different formats and find what helps most.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Colorado
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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