About Karen
Karen McCollough is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in Ohio and a Licensed Professional Counselor in Michigan. She has 12 years of experience in mental health and chemical dependency settings. Karen aims to make starting therapy feel manageable and respectful of each person's pace.
She helps people who are struggling with stress and anxiety, addiction concerns, anger, and depression. Sessions focus on creating a nonjudgmental space where clients can talk through thoughts and feelings.
How Karen works
Karen emphasizes practical steps and steady support rather than quick fixes. Karen also addresses relationship and family difficulties, low self-esteem, compassion fatigue, and responses to trauma and abuse. Her additional focus areas include abandonment, aging and geriatric issues, autism and Asperger syndrome, blended family tensions, caregiver stress, and codependency.
She works with problems stemming from family of origin and navigates issues like commitment and communication struggles. Her background in chemical dependency care informs how she approaches drug and alcohol addiction and related behaviors. Clients can expect a straightforward conversational style and collaboration on goals.
Karen encourages people to take small steps toward change and offers steady guidance along the way. To begin, people select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability. The practice uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time, with cost varying by location and availability.
What Karen works with
The areas below are the ones Karen selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Registers | LPC, LPCC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Ohio |
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Online support options
How evidence-based approaches fit into online therapy
Many effective therapies use straightforward, evidence-based techniques aimed at changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and improving coping skills. Cognitive-behavioral style work focuses on spotting negative thought patterns and trying practical experiments to shift behavior; it can help with anxiety, depression, and stress. Motivational and recovery-oriented techniques concentrate on readiness for change and managing substance use, using goals and small steps to build new habits.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify their goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they try approaches, check what works, and adjust the plan over time so it fits the person's life and needs.
Confirm the therapist's current session options before booking, since specific formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when a full session is not needed. It also lets people choose a time or setting that best supports steady progress without changing day-to-day routines.
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Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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