About Karen
Karen Lopez-Feliciano is a licensed mental health counselor with 22 years of experience who helps people facing stress and anxiety. She speaks English and Spanish and works with individuals who are struggling with mood, behavioral, or substance-related concerns. Karen aims to make starting therapy straightforward and practical for worried parents and busy adults.
She began her career at the Department of Children and Families in New York and later earned a master's degree in counseling.
Background and approach
Early work included mood disorders, substance abuse, conduct issues, and family conflict. Over time she moved into inpatient and outpatient settings focused on adults and broadened her experience in mental health and addiction care. Now based in Florida, Karen holds the credential LMHC, which denotes a licensed mental health counselor in the state.
She uses approachable methods to help people change thoughts and behaviors that get in the way of daily life. Sessions can be conducted in English or Spanish depending on the client's preference. Her practical style emphasizes problem-solving and clear steps forward.
Clients can expect conversations that target specific habits, coping skills, and decision points rather than long, abstract talks. This directness can help with anxiety, depression, addictions, sleep concerns, and relationship stress. Karen also addresses related issues such as codependency, communication struggles, guilt, shame, and post-traumatic stress.
She encourages an open, willing attitude and works collaboratively to set realistic goals and track progress.
Approach-driven care available online
Karen blends practical methods into online sessions so conversations focus on steps you can take right away. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts influence feelings and behaviors and helps people build new habits to reduce anxiety and depression. Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative style that helps you find your own reasons for change and strengthen commitment to goals. Solution-Focused Therapy centers on small, achievable steps and on identifying what already works so change can start quickly.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Karen will talk with you about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together you decide which method or mix of methods fits best, and she adjusts the plan as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video is useful for full sessions that feel like in-person meetings. Phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging are handy for brief check-ins, homework support, or keeping momentum between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep regular contact with a licensed professional.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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