About Karen
Dr. Karen Katunich offers steady, experienced support for people facing anxiety, stress, depression, mood swings, and related challenges. She writes plainly and listens closely so concerns feel understood.
Her approach is practical and calm, aimed at helping people manage day-to-day symptoms and regain functioning. With four decades of clinical work, Karen brings a long history of treating mood disorders and anxiety. She earned her doctorate from Virginia Commonwealth University and completed an internship with the Pittsburgh Consortium-Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
Background and approach
Her career has included roles in university clinics and teaching positions at the U.S. Air Force Academy and local colleges. She has worked in both public and personal settings, including a senior clinician role in a mood disorders clinic and directing resident psychotherapy training.
Those experiences shaped a straightforward style that mixes established techniques with attention to each person's story. Sessions focus on clear skills people can use between meetings. Her practice uses methods drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and a client-centered stance.
That mix lets her tailor sessions to problems like panic, low mood, trauma reactions, addictive patterns, and relationship stress. People who prefer structured skill-building alongside empathic listening tend to do well in her work. She explains steps, sets practical goals, and helps people try out new coping strategies in daily life.
Approaches that fit online therapy
Client-centered work focuses on listening without judgment and supporting the person’s own goals. It helps when someone needs space to talk through worries and decide what matters to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical skills to identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that feed anxiety or depression. It is useful for panic, persistent worry, low mood, and many everyday problems.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will review symptoms, goals, and preferences and then try techniques that match the person’s needs. That collaborative process can mean adjusting methods over time until a good fit is found.
Online sessions offer flexibility across multiple formats. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and use of worksheets or guided exercises. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging suit brief check-ins, skills practice between sessions, or people who prefer writing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep progress moving forward.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Mood disorders
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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