About Karen
Karen Bradt is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) who helps people manage anxiety, depression, grief, and other stresses of daily life. She speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps people can try between sessions. Karen draws on 15 years of clinical experience in Florida to guide those coping with trauma, relationship difficulties, and changes that feel overwhelming.
Her approach combines talk therapy with clear education about how trauma and stress affect the brain.
How Karen works
She teaches small, doable exercises and asks clients to try them in real situations. Progress often comes from repeated practice rather than a single conversation. Karen uses attachment-focused ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns.
She also applies cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thoughts and DBT skills to manage strong emotions. Hypnotherapy may be offered as another tool when suitable. Sessions start by identifying what the client wants to change and then building a simple plan.
Karen emphasizes experimenting with new reactions to triggers and adjusting techniques that do not help. She also pays attention to physical activity and its impact on mood, drawing on her own experience as an avid hiker. Clients can expect straightforward guidance, practical homework, and gentle encouragement to try different strategies.
Karen frames therapy as a collaborative process where the client’s experience directs which tools are used and when to try alternatives.
Karen lists 12 ways of working on the entry:
What Karen works with
The areas below are the ones Karen selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
Using attachment and skills-based approaches online
Karen often draws on attachment-based work to look at how early relationship patterns affect current reactions, helping people notice and change repeated behaviors. She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and try alternative responses, which can reduce anxiety and improve mood. Dialectical behavior therapy skills are another frequent tool, offering clear strategies for emotion regulation and distress tolerance.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That means trying different techniques and tracking what helps so the plan can be adjusted together.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and teaching exercises, while phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, practicing skills in real time, or keeping momentum between longer sessions. These options make therapy more flexible for people with busy schedules or limited travel time.
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