About Karen
Karen House is a licensed professional counselor who uses a practical, problem-solving approach. She combines direct listening with simple tools people can try after the first session. Sessions are casual but focused on real change.
Karen brings 25 years of experience and works from Colorado. Karen often helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and issues tied to addiction. She also supports people facing trauma or abuse, trouble sleeping, anger, bipolar mood concerns, and challenges with self-esteem.
Background and approach
She assists those navigating family problems, parenting strain, and LGBT issues. Her work draws on several therapy approaches to meet each client’s needs. Client-Centered Therapy keeps the focus on the person’s experience and choices.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) provides straightforward skills to shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) can be used for trauma work when appropriate. Karen describes therapy as a two-way process.
She listens closely, points out patterns, and gives practical homework between sessions. That home practice is meant to build momentum so people can try new ways of coping and notice real differences in daily life. People who choose Karen can expect collaboration about goals and clear steps to reach them.
Sessions build on what was learned before and adapt as new issues come up. She accepts international clients and offers multiple online formats from Colorado.
Using therapy approaches online to build practical skills
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s experience and choices, offering a space where concerns can be named and priorities set. It helps people feel heard and decide what matters most to change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches clear steps to notice and reframe unhelpful thoughts and to try different behaviors; it is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and stress. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a trauma-informed approach that can help process distressing memories and reduce their emotional intensity when it fits the client’s needs.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to pick methods that match their goals, comfort, and preferences. Over a few sessions she will check what’s working and adjust the plan together, blending approaches when that helps.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people use visual cues and practice skills in real time. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit a break during the day. Live chat or text messaging can be useful for quick check-ins, reminders, or brief problem-solving between longer sessions. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into everyday life.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Colorado, New Mexico, Alaska
- Languages
- English