Karen House
Experienced therapist focused on practical tools
LPC, LPCC Colorado
- Experience
- 25 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Karen
Karen House is a licensed counselor who blends practical, problem-solving work with a warm, client-centered presence. With 25 years of practice, she focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, mood concerns such as depression and bipolar disorder, and struggles related to addictions, trauma, grief, and self-esteem.
Background and approach
Her approach emphasizes building concrete tools during sessions and applying them between appointments so progress is steady and measurable. Clients can expect an attentive listener who helps identify patterns and priorities, then expands a personalized toolkit across visits.
She draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside emotion-focused and experiential methods to address relationship strains, attachment and communication problems, codependency, and other complex issues like domestic violence, eating-related problems, and coping after disaster. Karen holds LPC and LPCC credentials and practices out of Colorado, offering services in English and accepting international clients.
Her practice stresses active collaboration, with clients receiving practical strategies and homework to support ongoing change.
Online approaches that focus on practical change
Karen integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy to help clients identify unhelpful thinking patterns and develop workable coping strategies while maintaining a respectful, empathic therapeutic relationship. CBT emphasizes structured skills and exercises to address symptoms like anxiety, depression, and sleep problems, whereas Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the therapeutic relationship and supporting personal growth through acceptance and active listening.She also uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy when relationship dynamics or attachment issues are central, helping people understand and shift emotional responses that maintain conflict or distance. Choosing the right combination of these approaches is collaborative; the therapist and client work together to clarify goals, try options, and adjust methods based on what fits the client’s needs and preferences.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for scheduling and communication style. These formats make it easier to access care from different locations and allow practical, ongoing support between sessions while tailoring session type to what works best for each person.
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Experience
25+ years
Licensed
Colorado, New Mexico, Alaska
Languages
English