- Strengths focused
- Practical skills
- Calm supportive presence
About Karen
Karen Foley is a licensed clinical social worker with more than three decades of experience. She focuses on helping people who are stressed, anxious, struggling with addictions, or wrestling with trauma and abuse. Karen also supports people working through depression and issues around self esteem. She meets people where they are and encourages small steady steps forward.
Karen believes clients are the experts on their own stories and that their strengths matter in recovery. Sessions center on listening and on practical steps that fit into everyday life. She uses tools from cognitive behavioral and mindfulness approaches to help people notice unhelpful thinking and build new habits.
Motivational interviewing and dialectical behavior ideas are woven into her work when people need help finding motivation or learning emotion regulation skills. Conversations often include real examples and short practices to try between sessions. The focus is on doable change rather than perfection.
Her background includes many years helping people cope with grief, domestic violence, and the longer-term effects of post-traumatic stress. Karen blends a steady, respectful presence with practical strategies to reduce panic, social anxiety, and isolation. She explains options clearly so people can choose what feels right.
To begin, she encourages filling out an initial questionnaire and scheduling a first session. That first step creates a plan shaped by the person’s goals, whether improving self esteem, managing panic attacks, or finding more calm in daily life.
Karen believes clients are the experts on their own stories and that their strengths matter in recovery. Sessions center on listening and on practical steps that fit into everyday life. She uses tools from cognitive behavioral and mindfulness approaches to help people notice unhelpful thinking and build new habits.
Motivational interviewing and dialectical behavior ideas are woven into her work when people need help finding motivation or learning emotion regulation skills. Conversations often include real examples and short practices to try between sessions. The focus is on doable change rather than perfection.
Her background includes many years helping people cope with grief, domestic violence, and the longer-term effects of post-traumatic stress. Karen blends a steady, respectful presence with practical strategies to reduce panic, social anxiety, and isolation. She explains options clearly so people can choose what feels right.
To begin, she encourages filling out an initial questionnaire and scheduling a first session. That first step creates a plan shaped by the person’s goals, whether improving self esteem, managing panic attacks, or finding more calm in daily life.