About Karishma
Karishma Samaroo is a licensed mental health counselor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and self-esteem concerns. She meets people where they are and aims to make therapy feel straightforward and practical. Sessions are meant to help clients notice patterns, find coping tools, and make steady progress toward clearer goals.
With nine years of experience, she has spent substantial time supporting adults facing addiction, mental health struggles, and co-occurring issues.
How Karishma works
Her work often addresses related concerns such as abandonment, attachment issues, body image, and communication problems. She also supports people coping with chronic illness, pain, and end-of-life matters. Her approach is rooted in cognitive behavioral ideas, which look at how thoughts and actions keep problems going and how small changes can shift daily life.
She also uses motivational interviewing to boost readiness for change and psychodynamic ideas to examine how past relationships influence current patterns. These methods are used together to tailor therapy to each person. Clients can expect practical strategies alongside time to reflect on deeper themes.
Sessions aim to build clearer coping skills for anxiety or depression and to address shame, guilt, or family of origin issues when relevant. The goal is steady, understandable progress rather than quick fixes. Karishma practices in New York and conducts sessions in English.
She works online through a mix of formats so people can choose what fits their routine and needs.
Karishma lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
What Karishma works with
The areas below are the ones Karishma selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
How Karishma’s Approaches Work Online
Karishma uses cognitive behavioral ideas to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and habits and then try small, practical changes. This approach is often useful for stress, anxiety, depression, and problems with daily routines.She also uses motivational interviewing to support readiness for change. That method helps people build motivation and set manageable goals when they feel stuck or uncertain about next steps. Psychodynamic ideas are used to look at how past relationships influence present patterns, which can help with attachment concerns, shame, and recurring relationship dynamics.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. They will try methods and adjust over time so the plan fits each person's situation.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video is helpful for longer, in-depth conversations, phone can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text works well for brief check-ins or ongoing support. These options aim to make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life.
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