Dr. Karen is a Certified Light On Anxiety Treatment Specialist and Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with a Master’s in Community and Family Counseling and her Doctorate in Education in Counseling from Northern Illinois University. She has experience working in both outpatient and inpatient settings and has a commitment to person-centered therapy and experience in assisting clients with stress, all types of anxiety, OCD, ADHD, insomnia, picky eating, grief, depression, panic, phobias, PTSD, and career counseling as well as specialized training and clinical interest in helping clients obtain freedom from misophonia.
Dr. Karen believes in using a strengths-based, holistic approach to working with clients and seeks to promote wellness through building positive psychological resources that strengthen resilience and optimal functioning. She combines her knowledge and experience working with CBT, DBT, and ACT to provide support and guidance to her clients during difficult times in their lives. Dr. Karen considers self-care to be a vital part of her practice and is herself an avid gardener. In both soil and with her clients, she loves to plant seeds and watch them grow.
“Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth. We are happy when we are growing.”
– William Butler Yeats