About Karen
Karen Sollberger is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Louisiana with nine years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and life transitions. Karen creates a calm space where clients can speak honestly and begin to make changes at their own pace.
Her style is straightforward and supportive. Sessions aim to identify practical steps to reduce symptoms and build confidence. She listens for what matters most to each person and uses that as the starting point for change.
How Karen works
Karen draws on several approaches to match each person's needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people notice and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Mindfulness techniques build awareness and reduce reactivity.
Solution-Focused Therapy keeps attention on concrete goals and what can be tried next. She also uses Client-Centered and Existential ideas to honor a person's values and life meaning while working through hard problems. Typical concerns addressed include grief, trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, addictions, bipolar challenges, ADHD, and parenting stress.
Additional focus areas include attachment, body image, codependency, and dissociation. Sessions can move at a practical pace, with steps agreed on together. Karen supports people who want clearer thinking, steadier moods, and more energy for daily life.
Her approach centers on collaboration, real-world tools, and steady support.
Karen lists 5 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
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Louisiana |
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Online support options
Approach-driven online care for practical change
Karen commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy in her online work. CBT helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression. Solution-Focused Therapy keeps conversations aimed at clear goals and small experiments that can change daily life.She also uses Client-Centered ideas to make sure each person's values guide the work. Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist will talk with clients about goals and preferences and adjust methods so they fit the person and the issue being addressed.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for longer sessions and visual interaction. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to use video. Live chat and text messaging suit quick check-ins, brief coaching, or times when typing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, school, and caregiving responsibilities.
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