Karen Spring, LCSW

Karen Spring is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety. She speaks plainly and listens without judgment. She aims to create a space where parents and individuals feel heard and understood.

With 19 years of experience, Karen draws on practical, goal-oriented methods to help people move forward. Sessions are shaped around each person's daily life and immediate needs rather than long lectures or vague plans. She works with common concerns such as depression, mood swings, panic, grief, and struggles with work or purpose.

Karen also addresses family and parenting issues, family of origin questions, and fatherhood concerns. She has experience supporting people through postpartum challenges, pregnancy and childbirth transitions, and relationship strain. Trauma and abuse recovery, including post-traumatic stress, are part of her clinical focus.

Her approach includes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and EMDR where appropriate. That means she combines practical skills training, emotion-regulation strategies, and trauma-focused work to help people change behaviors and feel more stable.

Karen offers straightforward steps for getting started and expects to work together on clear goals. She encourages people to take small, manageable steps between sessions so progress feels real and applicable to day-to-day life.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that keep stress and anxiety going. It uses practical exercises, homework, and brief skill-building that work well in online sessions.

EMDR is an approach used for trauma that helps process distressing memories through structured bilateral stimulation and guided processing. When appropriate, aspects of trauma-focused work can be adapted to remote sessions with careful planning.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will review your goals, symptoms, and daily life to choose or combine methods that fit. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as you progress.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets you use face-to-face interaction and screen-shared worksheets. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be easier on busy days. Live chat and messaging let you check in between meetings or use shorter, more frequent contacts. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into real life.