Karen Guillory, LICSW

Karen Guillory is a licensed clinical social worker (LICSW) with 20 years of experience. She focuses on relationship challenges, stress, anxiety, trauma, and life changes. Karen aims to create a space where people feel heard and respected as they start to make changes. Her approach centers on the client as the expert in their own life. She uses practical, goal-oriented methods and draws on strengths clients already have. Karen describes her work as judgment-free and trauma-informed, and she helps people identify steps they can take right away. She often blends solution-focused work with client-centered care to set clear goals and track progress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques are used to notice and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills can be added when managing strong emotions becomes a priority. Narrative Therapy helps people reframe the stories they tell about themselves, and this can be useful for issues like shame, grief, or family-of-origin wounds. Sessions are paced to match what a person can manage while juggling work, family, and other responsibilities. Karen also supports people with addictions, parenting strain, caregiver stress, and concerns tied to identity such as LGBT issues. She brings two decades of practical experience and a straightforward style to help people move toward clearer choices and better daily functioning.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and meeting the person where they are. The therapist works to understand the client's priorities and helps them make decisions that fit their life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect feelings and teaches concrete skills to reduce anxiety, depression, and panic symptoms.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Karen will collaborate with the person to decide which methods fit best for their goals and situation. That may mean trying brief solution-focused steps, using CBT skills for stress, or adding DBT strategies when emotional regulation is needed.

Confirm current session options before booking, as specific online formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving, or travel. It can reduce time spent commuting, allow for shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and let people meet from familiar surroundings when that helps them engage. Licensed professionals can adapt tools like worksheets, behavioral experiments, and skill practice to work well in remote sessions.