About Karey
Karey Thompson is an Ohio licensed independent social worker (LISW) with 16 years of clinical experience who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and life transitions. She talks plainly and meets people where they are. Her approach is collaborative and focused on practical steps parents can use at home.
Before moving into independent practice Karey spent many years in community mental health. That work exposed her to a wide range of concerns and to both individual and group formats.
Background and approach
She also has experience supporting first responders and members of the Ohio Army National Guard, which shaped her calm, steady style. Karey uses attachment-based and client-centered methods to help people understand relationship patterns and feel more grounded. She also integrates mindfulness and motivational interviewing to build coping skills and strengthen motivation for change.
Sessions emphasize simple practices that can be used between meetings. Her work often focuses on issues such as abandonment, codependency, communication problems, blended family challenges, caregiver stress, and navigating divorce or separation. She also addresses guilt, shame, isolation, and end-of-life and hospice concerns with sensitivity and respect.
Karey believes therapy is a shared process. She tailors conversations and goals to each person, helping them set realistic steps and track progress in ways that fit their life. She offers sessions in English for people located in Ohio and uses flexible online formats to fit busy schedules.
Approach and options for online therapy
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns affect current behavior and feelings, helping people recognize why they react the way they do in close relationships and learn new ways of relating. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and providing a respectful, nonjudgmental space where a person sets the pace and goals while the therapist follows and reflects back what matters most.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively to match methods to a person’s needs, goals, and preferences and will adjust the plan as those needs change over time.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper connection. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging let someone send updates or ask quick questions between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, childcare, or other commitments while using the clinical approaches described above.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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