About Karen
Karen Grace is a licensed counselor who practices in Missouri. She holds the Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) credentials and has nine years of experience. Karen approaches sessions with warmth and directness to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and relationship or intimacy concerns.
She works with people navigating trauma and abuse, attachment challenges, adoption and foster care issues, and identity questions related to LGBT concerns.
How Karen works
She also supports those dealing with parenting strain, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and body image or sexual culture matters such as kink and BDSM. Her scope includes mood conditions and coping with major life changes. Karen blends practical, evidence-informed tools with a client-centered attitude.
She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavior strategies, EMDR, and Jungian ideas among other methods. Sessions focus on clear goals, skill practice, and talking through what matters most to the client. Her style is nonjudgmental and collaborative.
She helps clients build plans they can try between sessions and adjusts the work as needs change. People appreciate straightforward guidance and concrete next steps when feeling overwhelmed or stuck. Karen offers a variety of online formats for remote work.
She guides each person through an initial matching and scheduling process so therapy fits into daily life.
Karen lists 9 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
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Registers | LPC, LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Missouri |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It emphasizes chosen values and small actions that move someone toward a life they care about, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. That approach is often used for anxiety, mood concerns, and coping strategies. EMDR focuses on processing distressing memories and the images and emotions tied to them; it can be a helpful option for people dealing with trauma and abuse.Choosing an approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past to find the best fit. Sessions can combine methods and adapt as progress is made so the plan stays relevant to the client's needs.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how people connect. Video calls let sessions feel similar to in-person work, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier on busy days, live chat allows quick check-ins, and text-based messaging supports brief updates or ongoing reflection. These options help people fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping the focus on practical steps and steady progress.
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