About Karen
Karen Eldridge is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Virginia. She brings nine years of counseling experience and a grounded, straightforward style to sessions. Karen aims to make conversations feel natural and honest, like talking with a trusted friend.
Her approach centers on genuineness, responsibility, and accountability. Karen works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. She also supports those dealing with addiction, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related concerns, and bipolar symptoms.
How Karen works
Additional focus areas include blended family issues and infidelity. Sessions emphasize practical steps and personal strengths rather than clinical distance. Her training includes a Master of Counseling from Lindsey Wilson College and a PhD in Psychology from Capella University.
She also holds the LPC credential in Virginia. Karen draws on life experience and prior work in other fields to add real-world perspective to therapy. Therapeutic work with Karen often blends client-centered listening with structured tools from cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior approaches.
Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are used when helpful to build skills and motivation. She aims to tailor methods to each person’s needs and goals. Clients can expect a collaborative relationship focused on discovering strengths and practical ways to move forward.
Karen values clear communication and steady progress. She encourages honest conversation about fears and hopes so change can begin.
Karen lists 6 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
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Virginia |
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Online support options
How her approaches work in online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person in front of the therapist. It involves active listening, empathy, and helping people find their own answers to problems like relationship strain or low self-esteem. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical tools to reduce anxiety or depression through step-by-step changes. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, combines acceptance with skill-building in areas like emotional regulation and distress tolerance, which can help with intense emotions and relationship conflicts.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Karen will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful in early sessions. Together they will try methods and adjust the plan based on what helps the client make steady progress.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people meet face-to-face from another location. Phone sessions can fit into a break at work or be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, ongoing encouragement, or when typing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while fitting appointments into daily life.
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