About Kari
Kari Oshinski is a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in Wisconsin. She brings six years of clinical experience to her work and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationships, and self-esteem. Kari aims to create a warm, supportive space where clients can talk through what feels hard and start making changes that matter.
Her sessions are practical and collaborative. She often helps people tune up self-care, change unhelpful self-talk, and find new ways to handle relationship patterns.
Background and approach
Conversations move at the client's pace and focus on doable steps that fit real life. Kari draws on approaches like cognitive behavioral work and mindfulness to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different responses. She also uses motivational interviewing and solution-focused ideas to set clear goals and track small wins.
Narrative therapy helps when someone wants to reframe the stories they tell about themselves. Many clients come for help with life transitions, blended family challenges, caregiver stress, or recovery from divorce and separation. She also supports people dealing with body image, eating-related concerns, guilt and shame, or a sense of isolation.
Kari pays attention to how family of origin issues affect present choices. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Kari works with each person to build a plan that fits their values and daily life.
Her style is direct but kind, aiming to leave people feeling understood and more capable of taking the next step.
Practical approaches for online care
CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and stress. It is useful for changing patterns that keep problems going and for building clear action steps.Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing skills to reduce reactivity and increase calm. It can help people notice their thoughts without getting swept up by them and is often paired with behavioral exercises.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Kari works together with clients to choose methods that match their goals, values, and daily routines. She checks in and adapts strategies over time so the work stays relevant and doable.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions happen. Video calls are good for deeper conversations and seeing nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text-based messaging work well for shorter check-ins, homework, or staying connected between sessions. These options help fit therapy into busy days and different life rhythms.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
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