About Karen
Karen Mohammed-Perry helps people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, trauma, and low self-esteem. She is a licensed mental health counselor with 25 years of experience and works from New York. She speaks English and offers a calm, respectful approach for people who want practical support.
Karen uses straightforward conversation to understand each person's situation. She focuses on what is happening now and what can be changed. Sessions are tailored to the person's goals and priorities rather than a one-size-fits-all plan.
How Karen works
Her work draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thoughts and reshape behaviors. She also uses mindfulness practices to build awareness and reduce reactivity. Motivational interviewing is used when someone needs help finding reasons to change and staying committed.
Karen has particular experience with addiction recovery and issues that often come with it, like shame, relationship strain, grief, and coping with life changes. She also supports people dealing with attention challenges, compassion fatigue, career pressures, and problems with intimacy or communication. Her style is warm, direct, and practical.
People can expect clear feedback, goal-focused planning, and strategies they can try between sessions. She frames therapy as a collaborative process where small changes add up over time.
Karen lists 7 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.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Approaches used online and how they help
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening without judgment and following the person's lead. It helps when someone needs a safe space to sort out feelings and decide what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches concrete skills to change patterns that cause distress. That approach is useful for anxiety, depression, and habit changes. Mindfulness Therapy teaches attention and awareness skills to reduce reactivity and build calm; it can help with stress, impulsive behavior, and emotional overwhelm.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and recommend techniques to try. Choices are reviewed along the way so methods can be adjusted if something isn’t working or priorities change.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into daily life. Video lets people read facial cues and have a fuller conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow for brief check-ins, ongoing support between sessions, and flexibility for busy schedules. These options help people access care from different locations and at different times to match their routines.
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