About Karen
Karen Kelly is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Alaska with 13 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are coping with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, and relationship or intimacy concerns. She also supports those dealing with grief, anger, low self-esteem, career strain, and compassion fatigue.
Her approach adapts to the person in front of her. Sessions emphasize clear skills and practical steps alongside space to talk through painful memories.
How Karen works
She uses methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try new ways of responding. Karen also draws on therapies aimed at trauma processing and emotional regulation. That includes EMDR for people who have distressing memories and dialectical behavior strategies for managing strong emotions and building distress tolerance.
She blends these methods to match each person's needs and goals. Her background includes experience with first responder issues and veteran and armed forces concerns, which informs how she talks about stress, guilt, and duty. She is comfortable addressing codependency, commitment problems, communication difficulties, and the ripple effects of natural or human-caused disasters.
Sessions are offered in English and French and can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Karen works with clients on building coping strategies, improving communication, and reducing symptoms so people can move forward from difficult experiences.
Karen lists 11 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- 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
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 13 |
| Languages | English, French |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Alaska |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and encourages action toward what matters. It can be useful for anxiety, low mood, and motivation problems. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and anger. EMDR is a trauma-focused method that helps process distressing memories so they feel less triggering; it is often used for post-traumatic stress and related trauma symptoms.Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk about your needs, goals, and preferences and suggest ways to try techniques that fit your situation. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps and what doesn't, so clients have a say in the path forward.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let you use face-to-face interaction for skills practice and emotional check-ins. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging can be used for brief updates, coping prompts, or ongoing support between longer appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, travel, or caregiving schedules while keeping treatment consistent.
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