Karen Wassom Hammond, LPCC

Karen Wassom Hammond is a licensed professional clinical counselor with 12 years of experience. She helps people who are struggling with relationship and intimacy concerns, sleep problems, low self-esteem, mood issues, and motivation. Karen aims to make the first step feel manageable and meets each person where they are.

Her approach is conversational and practical. She listens without judgment and works with clients to set clear goals. Sessions focus on skills that can be used between appointments to improve day-to-day life and relationships.

Karen uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and develop new behavior patterns. She also draws on client-centered methods to keep sessions focused on each person’s priorities and experiences. When helpful, she incorporates strategies from Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy to address emotion regulation and attachment concerns.

She has a history of helping people with parenting stress, blended family challenges, and issues that follow divorce or separation. Additional areas she addresses include codependency, communication problems, infidelity, grief, guilt, anger, and questions about life purpose and money worries.

Sessions can include faith-based perspectives if the client prefers that approach. Karen is based in Kentucky and holds the LPCC credential, which appears after her name on professional listings. She conducts therapy in English and works through common life and relationship struggles using straightforward tools and collaboration.

People who want clear steps, practical skill-building, and a nonjudgmental listener may find her style helpful for moving forward.

How Karen’s Approaches Fit Online Care

Karen commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and client-centered methods in her work. CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like low mood, worry, or sleep disruption. Client-centered therapy keeps the conversation grounded in what matters to the client and supports self-directed change.

She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy when emotion regulation or intense reactions are present. DBT teaches practical coping skills for distress, emotion management, and improving communication in tense moments. Together these approaches give a mix of skill-building and empathic listening to address relationship and mood concerns.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Karen will discuss goals and preferences, try methods that match those goals, and adjust the plan as progress is made. Clients help shape which strategies are used and how quickly the work proceeds.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video works well for in-depth conversation and body language cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and messaging allow frequent, brief contact for coaching, check-ins, or when writing out thoughts feels helpful. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to use the approach that works best for each person.