- Years in practice
- 30
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Bipolar disorder
- Focus
- Depression
About Karen
Karen Lakritz is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 30 years of experience as a psychotherapist. She draws on long clinical experience to help people manage anxiety, depression, bipolar symptoms, addiction, grief, and the stresses of parenting and life change. Her style is warm and supportive while also holding people accountable.
Sessions are straightforward and practical. Conversations move from problem identification to small, doable steps that fit daily life.
Background and approach
Karen pays close attention to how attachment, communication, and unmet needs show up in relationships. She also brings awareness of neurodiversity, noting her own experience with a mild stutter and dyslexia and how those differences shape daily challenges. Her work blends cognitive behavioral techniques with client-centered listening and acceptance-based ideas.
That mix helps people notice unhelpful patterns, practice new responses, and stay committed to change. She uses skills training and problem-solving when needed. Karen has spent significant time living part of the year in Canada and is familiar with navigating health and housing systems there.
She offers sessions in English and accepts international clients who need flexibility across regions. Clients connect by choosing the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a time. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What Karen works with
Everything Karen lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Karen helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Karen lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Practical approaches for online parenting and life work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice hard thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, parenting stress, and making life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-world experiments, which helps reduce anxiety and change habits like sleep or eating patterns. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns influence current connections and communication, and it can help people improve closeness and repair cycles that fuel conflict.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will listen to your goals and try methods that fit your needs and preferences. You can expect a collaborative process where techniques are adjusted as progress is made and obstacles appear.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow for face-to-face interaction and skill demonstrations, phone sessions can fit a busy day or low bandwidth, live chat supports brief check-ins, and text-based messaging lets you share updates between sessions. These options make it easier to schedule around work, child care, or travel while keeping continuity of care with a licensed professional.
Questions people ask about Karen
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar symptoms, addictions, grief, parenting challenges, relationship and intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, ADHD, and other life transitions.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm and supportive with an emphasis on accountability. She focuses on practical steps and skills people can use between sessions.
What background does she bring to sessions?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 30 years as a psychotherapist and experience working with severe mood disorders and substance issues.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She practices from Florida and holds the credential FL LCSW as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients when scheduling allows.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions can be held by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and billing work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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