About Karen
Karen Delillo is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, and depression. She draws on 20 years of experience to offer steady, practical support. Her manner is warm and nonjudgmental and she encourages people to take the first step toward getting help.
She creates an open space where clients can talk through worries and painful feelings. Sessions focus on understanding what is happening now and on small, workable changes that make daily life easier.
Background and approach
Karen pays attention to the effects of life changes, caregiving strain, and end-of-life concerns in how they shape emotions and behavior. With two decades of practice in New York, she brings experience across many settings that include hospice and end-of-life counseling. That background informs how she listens to grief and loss, and how she helps people pace themselves through difficult transitions.
Her approach centers on practical coping skills and compassionate listening. Karen also supports people navigating relationship stress, intimacy questions, parenting strain, and challenges tied to attention and focus such as ADHD. She helps clients sort priorities, manage overwhelm, and rebuild routines that reduce frustration.
Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. Karen aims to make therapy understandable and useful, with clear steps to try between meetings. She encourages small goals and steady progress rather than quick fixes.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Karen uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical changes and emotional processing. One common approach emphasizes learning coping skills and behavior changes to reduce anxiety and improve daily routines; this is useful for stress, ADHD-related challenges, and managing overwhelming feelings. Another approach centers on processing grief and loss through paced conversations and meaning-making, which helps people carry experience forward while managing strong emotions.Finding the right method is part of the work. Karen will collaborate with each person to decide which approach fits their needs and goals. She checks in about what is working and adjusts strategies over time so therapy stays useful and relevant.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls let you use visual cues for a fuller conversation, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to use video. Live chat and messaging can support quick check-ins, brief processing, or ongoing reminders between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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