About Karen
Karen Hargrove is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Georgia who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, grief, relationship and intimacy-related concerns. She provides a calm, respectful space where clients can talk about what matters to them and learn practical ways to cope. Her approach centers on building confidence and using each person's experience as a starting point for change.
Karen aims to help people trust their judgment and notice strengths they already have.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on small, doable steps that fit daily life. Conversations are direct but compassionate, with an emphasis on skills you can use between sessions. With ten years of experience, Karen has worked with people dealing with trauma, addictions, mood disorders, and compassion fatigue.
She also brings attention to issues like LGBT matters, gender dysphoria, first responder stress, and multicultural concerns. Her background supports a range of life challenges including career strain and coping with major changes. Many clients come for help with relationships, parenting strains, social anxiety, and managing anger.
Karen also addresses concerns such as bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress, and disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD) when relevant to an individual's story. The work emphasizes practical coping, clearer boundaries, and improved day-to-day functioning. Karen uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and tailors them to each person.
She works collaboratively to set goals and track progress. Sessions are offered in English and conducted remotely or by phone depending on the format chosen.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Evidence-based techniques used in sessions include practical skills training that teaches coping tools for anxiety, ADHD, and mood regulation; this focuses on concrete strategies to manage symptoms day to day. Another common approach centers on trauma-informed work that helps people process difficult experiences and reduce their ongoing impact through paced conversations and grounding exercises.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit their life, and adjust the plan as progress is made. Clients and the therapist decide together which techniques feel useful and sustainable.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video lets people use visual cues and a fuller conversation. Phone sessions reduce bandwidth needs and can fit into a work break. Live chat and text messaging support brief check-ins, quick skill refreshers, or ongoing coaching-style contact between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to maintain consistency over time.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English
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