About Karen
Karen Egertson is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California with 17 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety and work through trauma and abuse. She also supports clients dealing with parenting challenges, low self-esteem, motivation, and confidence.
She treats mood concerns such as depression and bipolar mood swings and helps people cope with major life changes. Karen also addresses relationship strains, grief, anger, career transitions, and compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
She brings particular attention to first responder issues when relevant. In sessions she listens for your strengths and where you want change. She believes people know their story and can use their skills to move forward.
Therapy is framed as a collaborative process where small steps add up over time. Her approach is practical and down to earth. She helps people build tools to manage intense feelings, improve communication, and solve daily challenges.
Work might include talking through situations, trying new ways of responding, and practicing skills between sessions. Karen offers a steady, respectful space to tackle hard problems. She encourages clear goals and measurable steps so progress is visible.
Taking the first step can feel hard, and she aims to make that step manageable and purposeful.
Practical approaches and flexible online care
Karen uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills you can use right away. One approach helps people learn ways to manage intense anxiety and stress through breathing, grounding, and step-by-step behavior changes that reduce overwhelm. Another approach focuses on processing trauma and abuse at a pace you control, helping to reduce distressing memories and rebuild safety in daily life.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they set clear aims and try techniques, adjusting the plan based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions work well when a quieter or lower-bandwidth option is needed. Live chat or text messaging can be used for brief check-ins, skills practice, or when typing feels easier than talking. These formats provide flexibility to fit therapy into work days, caregiving schedules, or during transitions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Grief
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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