About Karla
Karla Lewis is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Virginia with ten years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, depression, relationship strain, and big life changes. Her manner is warm and direct, and she aims to make sessions feel practical and respectful.
She has worked in a variety of settings, including emergency services, inpatient psychiatric care, hospitals, jails, and community outreach programs. That background informs how she talks about crisis, safety, and navigating complex systems.
Background and approach
She also has experience educating law enforcement on responding to people in mental health crisis. Karla uses several evidence-informed methods to shape conversations into manageable steps. She leans on techniques that help people notice thoughts, clarify values, and build small behaviors that lead to change.
Sessions aim to be collaborative, with the therapist and client setting goals together. Her practice addresses a wide range of concerns beyond anxiety, such as trauma and abuse, parenting and fatherhood issues, ADHD, addictions, intimacy and sexual culture topics like BDSM and kink, and compassion fatigue. Karla also helps with communication, commitment concerns, blended family challenges, and grief around separation or divorce.
People who work with her can expect straightforward talk, practical strategies, and an emphasis on dignity and strength. She encourages celebrating progress, even when it feels small, and adapts plans to each person's circumstances.
Online approaches and how they help
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps that match those values. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and coping with life changes because it focuses on action rather than getting stuck in thoughts.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleeping problems, and anger by giving concrete tools to practice between sessions.
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening, respect, and understanding. That approach helps people feel heard and build motivation to try new behaviors in their daily lives.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what methods fit best, then adjust plans as needed in a collaborative way.
Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions let people work face-to-face from different locations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit people who prefer written check-ins or want brief ongoing support between longer meetings. These options make scheduling more flexible and help therapy fit into busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
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