About Karla
Karla Burgess is a licensed independent mental health practitioner (LIMHP) based in Nebraska. She brings 21 years of clinical experience gained in hospital settings and in a rural independent practice. Karla speaks plainly and works to build a warm, straightforward relationship with each person she sees.
She helps people manage stress and anxiety and supports those facing depression, grief, and changes in family life. She also assists with parenting concerns, self-esteem struggles, communication problems, and social anxiety.
Background and approach
Her background includes work as a school counselor, which shaped her comfort talking with people at different life stages. Karla uses a mix of client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral ideas, and solution-focused techniques. Sessions focus on clear goals and practical steps that move a person toward what they want.
Conversations are direct and geared toward problem solving rather than theory. Her approach is collaborative. Karla aims to create a respectful space where people can talk through guilt, shame, caregiver stress, or feelings of emptiness.
She pays attention to family of origin issues, midlife questions, and life purpose concerns. People looking for help with seasonal mood shifts, first responder stress, relationship strain, or parenting strain will find pragmatic tools and steady support. Karla values honest communication and helps people develop skills they can use between sessions.
Therapeutic approaches used in online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening without judgment and responding to what matters most to the person. It helps people feel heard and respected while they sort through emotions and life choices.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts affect feelings and actions. It uses straightforward tools to test and change unhelpful thinking patterns that feed anxiety or depression.
Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on identifying small, concrete steps toward the change someone wants. It works well when someone wants practical, time-limited strategies for moving forward.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals and preferences. Together they adjust the plan as progress is made and needs evolve.
Online sessions can be held by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit varying schedules and comfort levels. Video calls are useful for in-depth conversations, phone sessions suit shorter check-ins or low bandwidth, and messaging or live chat can work well for quick questions or when a written record helps track progress. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and reach steady support from licensed professionals.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Nebraska
- Languages
- English
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