About Kari
Kari Dry is a licensed professional counselor in Oklahoma with 14 years of experience. She focuses on practical help for people coping with stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship strain, trauma, and depression. Kari aims to meet people where they are and build on their strengths so they can move forward.
She sees starting therapy as a brave step and offers steady support along the way. In sessions Kari listens carefully and helps clients name what feels most urgent.
Background and approach
She uses straightforward, evidence-based techniques to teach coping skills and manage intense feelings. Conversations tend to be goal-focused and paced to each person's needs so progress feels doable. Kari has worked in settings that exposed her to a range of concerns, including caregiver stress, blended family problems, isolation, and issues related to aging.
She also has experience addressing substance use, domestic violence, codependency, and first responder stressors. That variety informs her practical approach to problem solving. Her work is collaborative.
Clients can expect to set clear goals, try out new strategies between sessions, and check what is or isn’t working. Kari emphasizes small, steady changes that add up over time. Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
People interested in starting can expect help sorting priorities, learning coping tools, and finding a path toward more stability and wellbeing.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Many therapists draw on evidence-based techniques that teach concrete skills. One common approach focuses on coping skills training - it helps people learn breathing and grounding exercises, stress management techniques, and ways to reduce anxiety in everyday moments. This is useful for stress, anxiety, and difficult emotions.Another frequently used method emphasizes behavioral change through small, manageable steps. It breaks larger problems into achievable tasks, which can help with addiction recovery, depressive symptoms, and relationship patterns by building new routines and healthier choices.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match their goals, needs, and preferences. Together they will adjust strategies over time based on what helps most.
Online sessions can make therapy easier to fit into a busy life. Video calls let people have fuller conversations and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging can support quick check-ins or brief coping guidance between sessions. These formats provide flexibility for scheduling, allow steady contact during transitions, and help maintain momentum in the therapeutic process.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma
- Languages
- English