About Karen
Karen Evanson is a licensed professional counselor in Oklahoma with 21 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, anger, ADHD, and parenting strain. Karen creates a calm, faith-informed space where people can talk through hard feelings and start to feel steadier.
She focuses on practical skills and real steps that people can use each day. Sessions often include learning coping tools for panic, handling intense emotions, or calming anxiety.
Background and approach
Karen also helps people sort through guilt, shame, and issues that come from past abuse or trauma. Her style is warm and direct. Karen listens first, then works with each person to set clear, doable goals.
She blends time-tested methods so the work matches what someone needs right now rather than following a fixed script. Over two decades in practice have given her experience with a wide range of concerns. That background helps when tailoring techniques for problems like phobias, post-traumatic stress, or family conflict.
Karen aims to help people build stronger coping habits and restore a sense of control. People who choose to work with her can expect straightforward guidance, practical exercises, and a focus on steady progress. She encourages small changes that add up to better day-to-day functioning and greater emotional balance.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person's experience without judgment. It helps people talk through hard feelings and identify their own path forward by centering their values and goals.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It teaches concrete tools for reducing anxiety, managing panic, and changing unhelpful thinking patterns that drive depression or anger.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and collaborate on what seems most helpful based on needs and preferences. That decision can change over time as goals shift or progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals in formats that fit different lifestyles. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper interaction. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a camera is not preferred. Live chat or text-based messaging can be useful for brief check-ins, skill practice, or when someone needs flexible timing. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, childcare, or other daily demands.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Depression
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma, Texas
- Languages
- English