About Karen
Karen Brown greets clients with practical support and steady guidance. She focuses on helping people facing addiction, anxiety, grief, trauma, and the everyday stress of life. Karen speaks plainly and aims to make therapy feel doable, not overwhelming.
She uses a mix of approaches to match what each person needs. Sessions often include ways to spot unhelpful thinking, build useful skills for strong emotions, and practice actions that line up with personal values.
How Karen works
The goal is clearer choices and better day-to-day coping. Karen brings seven years of counseling experience and holds the LPC credential, Licensed Professional Counselor. Her background includes work with people dealing with mood disorders, attachment struggles, parenting stress, and substance concerns.
She also supports those managing career shifts, caregiving strain, and sleep or eating struggles. In session she listens first, then focuses on what to try next. Therapy can include behavior-focused tools, emotion regulation skills, and attention to how relationships affect wellbeing.
The pace is set by the person coming for help and their immediate needs. She offers multiple ways to connect so people can choose what fits their life. New clients start by answering a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time to meet.
Karen practices in Georgia and conducts sessions in English.
Karen lists 15 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
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.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Georgia |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying and changing patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems going. It often helps with mood disorders, anxiety, sleep, and addictive behaviors.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the person about goals and preferences and then suggest methods to try. This is a team effort that adjusts as progress is made or priorities change.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video allows face-to-face conversation for skill practice and feedback. Phone sessions can be a simpler way to check in when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging make brief check-ins and coaching-style support easier to fit into a busy day. These options aim to make consistent work possible despite tight schedules or travel.
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