About Karen
Karen Olson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Arizona with 32 years of experience. She focuses on common life stresses like anxiety, grief, trauma and relationship struggles. Her approach centers on helping people use their strengths to move toward a more satisfying life.
Karen listens first and works in a respectful, practical way. She helps people name the problem and pick steps that feel doable. Sessions are conversational and paced to match each person's needs.
Background and approach
Over three decades Karen has guided people through panic attacks, major life changes, and the fallout from betrayal or loss. She also addresses issues like codependency, communication problems, money stress, and questions about life purpose. Her work draws on a mix of therapeutic ideas from Western and Eastern traditions to fit each person's situation.
Clients can expect help sorting feelings such as guilt, shame, isolation, jealousy, and grief. Karen aims to build manageable strategies for coping and improving daily functioning. She encourages forgiveness and realistic steps toward healthier relationships and self-understanding.
Her style is supportive and empowering. Karen treats people as the experts on their lives while offering structure, tools, and steady support. She helps people take the first steps and keeps attention on practical progress and lasting change.
Approaches that guide online work and progress
Karen draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that combine practical skill-building with attention to emotional healing. One common approach focuses on managing anxiety and panic by teaching breathing, grounding, and stepwise exposure to feared situations to reduce the intensity of symptoms and increase confidence. Another approach emphasizes processing trauma and loss through paced, supportive sessions that help people tell their story, reduce overwhelming reactions, and develop new coping skills. These methods are presented in straightforward ways and adapted to each person's needs.Figuring out which approach fits best is part of the work. The therapist and client talk through goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they choose strategies and adjust them over time so the work feels relevant and achievable.
Online therapy here uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make sessions more flexible. Video allows face-to-face conversation for skills practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging support brief check-ins, reflections between sessions, and steady connection when schedules are tight. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives while keeping the focus on progress and practical change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 32 years
- Licensed
- Arizona
- Languages
- English
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