About Karla
Karla Garcia-Velez is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who focuses on practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress and anxiety. She speaks English and Spanish and works from Colorado. Her approach aims to help people find clearer footing during hard life changes and bouts of worry.
Karla draws on several therapy methods to match each person's needs rather than using one fixed style. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice thoughts and take values-based action.
Background and approach
She also uses client-centered techniques to create a respectful, listening space. Over seven years of professional experience inform her work with concerns such as depression, grief, sleep problems, ADHD, addiction, and relationship strain. She also supports people facing caregiver stress, cancer-related worries, aging issues, and end-of-life concerns.
Karla helps with career stress, self-esteem struggles, body image, and communication problems as well. In sessions she focuses on straightforward tools and small steps. That might include practicing new coping skills, trying short behavioral experiments, or using mindfulness to steady the moment.
She helps people set realistic goals and adjust plans based on what actually works. Karla emphasizes a collaborative relationship built on respect. She helps clients clarify goals, notices what gets in the way, and then works with them to try different strategies.
The process is practical and paced to each person’s needs.
Therapeutic methods you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and focus on meaningful action. It emphasizes values-guided steps, which can be useful for anxiety, life transitions, and low motivation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a hands-on approach that looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors; it often uses short experiments and practical skill work for anxiety and sleep problems.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals, try techniques, and adjust what’s used based on what helps you most. Expect regular check-ins about whether a strategy is working and changes when needed.
Online sessions offer flexibility with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging. Video lets you practice skills and keep a face-to-face feel. Phone calls work when bandwidth is low or when being on camera isn’t ideal. Live chat and text allow for brief check-ins, notes between sessions, or coaching-style support that fits into busy days. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or travel while still accessing licensed professionals.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Colorado
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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