About Karla
Karla Garcia-Velez is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Colorado. She uses practical, person-focused methods to help people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, grief, depression, and life changes. She speaks English and Spanish and brings seven years of clinical experience to her work.
Karla tailors sessions to each person instead of following one fixed plan. She draws from approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, client-centered work, cognitive behavioral ideas, dialectical behavior strategies, and hypnotherapy when these fit a person's needs.
How Karla works
Sessions are conversational and goal-focused so people can try new ways of coping between meetings. She also supports people dealing with career strain, burnout and compassion fatigue, addiction concerns, relationship and communication problems, and the stresses around caregiving or chronic illness.
Additional focus areas include body image, fertility and cancer-related issues, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and challenges that arise from family of origin or caregiving roles. Karla works with people who want practical tools for managing emotions, improving sleep, or handling major life transitions. She helps identify small changes that make daily life feel more manageable.
Her approach balances skill building with understanding what matters most to each person. Appointments can be held by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. The subscription-based session structure can be canceled at any time, and next steps begin by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire.
Karla lists 11 ways of working on the entry:
What Karla works with
The areas below are the ones Karla selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| 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
Using ACT, CBT, and client-centered work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small steps toward them while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. It can help with anxiety, depression, and making sense of life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns; it often helps with anxiety, sleeping problems, and low mood. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and working at a person's pace so they can explore what matters and set meaningful goals.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Karla will talk with each person about goals and try methods that fit their needs and preferences. Together they adjust the plan as progress, challenges, or priorities change so the work stays useful and relevant.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care flexible. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and skills work, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can suit quick check-ins or ongoing coaching between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into workdays, caregiving routines, or other busy schedules.
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