About Karen
Karen House uses practical, problem-focused therapy to help people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, and depression. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with additional licensure as a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC). Karen aims to leave clients with tools they can use from the first session onward.
With 25 years of experience, she draws on several approaches to tailor care to each person. Sessions often combine client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
How Karen works
She also uses emotionally-focused methods and EMDR when trauma and attachment wounds are central concerns. Karen emphasizes active problem solving. Early sessions focus on manageable skills and short exercises.
Over time those skills are expanded to address deeper patterns such as codependency, commitment and communication problems, and co-occurring issues like substance use and mood disorders. She helps people navigate life events that include grief, divorce and separation, domestic violence, and the long-term effects of first responder or disaster exposure.
Parenting strain, sleep difficulties, anger, and issues around self-esteem and identity are commonly addressed in sessions. Karen offers a collaborative process that expects engagement between meetings. Clients may be given practical homework and activities to practice new ways of coping.
Her aim is steady progress toward clearer choices, improved functioning, and a stronger sense of agency.
Karen lists 12 ways of working on the entry:
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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.
Also listed
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Registers | LPC, LPCC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Colorado |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on empathetic listening and meeting people where they are. In online sessions this means the therapist focuses on understanding the client's experience and reflecting it back to build trust and clarity; it helps with self-esteem, relationship concerns, and general life stress.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches clear skills to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Delivered online, CBT often uses short exercises, worksheets, and between-session practice to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and address sleep or coping problems.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a trauma-focused approach that reprocesses distressing memories. In teletherapy, EMDR can be adapted with specific procedures to help people reduce the intensity of traumatic memories and associated symptoms.
Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level, and will adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical benefits such as flexible scheduling, fewer travel constraints, and a range of communication styles. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is low, live chat supports quick check-ins, and text messaging can help keep momentum between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.
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