About Karen
Karen Larkins is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Michigan with 16 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and life transitions. Her style is direct and practical, aimed at helping clients notice what is getting in the way and find steps that actually fit their day-to-day life.
Karen pays particular attention to the challenges people with disabilities often face.
Background and approach
She helps clients address stigma, communication barriers, and the emotional impact of long-term health concerns. Sessions aim to reduce symptoms and build confidence for handling everyday demands. Her approach centers on identifying triggers and teaching coping skills people can use right away.
She also supports people facing caregiver strain, chronic pain or illness, grief and end-of-life concerns, and feelings of isolation or emptiness. Work may include improving communication, processing guilt or shame, and exploring life purpose. Karen uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide practical change.
She focuses on increasing self-efficacy, empowerment, and self-sufficiency so clients can rely on skills after therapy. The tone in sessions is respectful and goal-focused while remaining down-to-earth. People meet with Karen through a variety of online formats, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging.
These options allow therapy to fit work schedules, caregiving demands, and mobility needs.
How evidence-based techniques work online
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques focus on clear methods that help change how people think and act. One common approach teaches practical coping skills for stress and anxiety, giving step-by-step strategies people can try between sessions to reduce panic and worry. Another approach targets mood and motivation by helping people notice unhelpful thought patterns and experiment with new behaviors to lift mood and build confidence.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will review concerns, goals, and what has or hasn't worked in the past. Together the client and therapist decide which methods to try and adjust plans as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy or homebound clients. Video calls let people see facial cues and build rapport, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging support short check-ins, quick skill practice, or ongoing encouragement between longer meetings. These options help therapy fit around work, caregiving, and mobility needs, making it simpler to stick with the plan.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English