About Kari
Kari Fager is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, grief, or big life changes. She offers steady, practical support for those facing depression, trauma, parenting strain, and issues with self-worth. Her style is calm and down-to-earth, aimed at making small steps feel possible.
Kari uses straightforward tools from cognitive behavioral approaches to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. She also uses trauma-focused methods and EMDR for people who have painful memories that keep coming up.
Background and approach
Sessions can be tailored to include faith-based perspectives when a person prefers that lens. Kari brings six years of experience in clinical and community settings in the United States and abroad. Her background includes work with veterans and with concerns linked to post-traumatic stress, guilt and shame, and women’s issues.
She keeps the work practical and oriented toward daily life improvements. In sessions she aims to meet people where they are and build on their strengths. That often means breaking down big problems into manageable steps and practicing skills between meetings.
The approach is collaborative - goals, pace, and techniques are decided together. Outside of work she spends time with family and with her labradoodle, Norah, who she hopes will one day be a therapy dog. Kari practices in California and conducts sessions in English.
How these approaches translate to online therapy
CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, focuses on identifying patterns of thinking and behavior that contribute to anxiety and depression and then practicing new skills to shift those patterns. It often involves homework and real-world practice to change reactions over time.EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, helps people who carry painful memories that continue to cause distress. The method uses guided attention to reduce the intensity of those memories and to help new, calmer associations form.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kari will discuss goals, preferences, and how symptoms show up to decide which methods to try first. The plan is adjusted as needed, so clients help shape the pace and techniques used.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit a person’s routine. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and EMDR work, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can serve as brief check-ins or skill practice between meetings. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, and daily life.
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- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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