About Kari
Kari Fenton is a licensed mental health counselor who has practiced for 13 years in Nebraska. She creates a calm, affirming space where people can talk about stress, anxiety, grief, and big life changes. Kari focuses on helping clients who are wrestling with trauma, relationship concerns, or questions about sexuality and identity.
Her work aims to help people build everyday coping skills and clearer self-understanding. Sessions are conversational and paced to the client.
Background and approach
She listens for what matters most and helps people pick small, manageable steps forward. Kari often supports people dealing with low self-esteem, relationship conflict, compassion fatigue, and the aftereffects of abuse. She also offers care for those exploring kink, BDSM, and non-traditional relationship styles.
Her approach recognizes how shame, guilt, and past events can affect present behavior. She uses a mix of therapy styles that match each person’s needs rather than one fixed method. That can mean focusing on values, telling and reframing personal stories, or working through emotional bonds that cause pain.
The goal is practical change that fits daily life. People who are looking for a respectful, nonjudgmental listener often find this approach helpful. Kari works with clients to set clear goals and to build skills they can use outside of sessions.
She aims to help people feel more grounded and better able to handle life’s stresses.
Approaches that can be used online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking action that aligns with what matters most. It helps people move forward when anxiety or fear keeps them stuck by teaching simple skills to notice thoughts and choose meaningful behavior.Client-Centered Therapy centers on warm, nonjudgmental listening and reflection. This approach helps people feel understood and fosters self-direction, which can be useful for building self-esteem and navigating identity or sexuality questions.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and try methods that fit their needs, adjusting the plan over time. Collaboration helps determine whether ACT, client-centered work, emotionally-focused techniques, or trauma-focused tools are the best fit.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper, face-to-face conversations, while phone calls can be simpler when bandwidth is low. Live chat or text is helpful for brief check-ins, skill practice, or when messaging fits a busy schedule. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, parenting, or travel routines while keeping the focus on practical change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Nebraska, Iowa
- Languages
- English
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