About Karin
Karin Gardner is a licensed social worker who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and life changes. She holds LICSW and LCSW credentials and practices in New York. Karin takes a straightforward, compassionate approach when people are feeling overwhelmed or stuck.
Her work builds on a belief that people already have strengths to draw from. She creates a calm, non-judgmental space and helps clients use those strengths to make realistic changes.
Background and approach
Sessions are collaborative and centered on each person’s goals. Karin uses practical methods from therapies such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. She mixes these with attachment-focused and client-centered work to match what a person needs in the moment.
That means sessions might include skills practice, values-based planning, or talking through relationship patterns. She has seven years of professional experience and has supported people dealing with family conflict, caregiving stress, chronic illness, parenting strain, and career challenges. Karin also helps with issues like anger, sleep problems, self-esteem, and ADHD-related concerns.
People who choose her can expect steady, goal-oriented care that respects their pace. She invites clients to try small changes, notice what works, and adjust plans together. The aim is clearer day-to-day coping and stronger connections to what matters to each person.
Evidence-informed approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions toward those values while learning to live with difficult thoughts or feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and practicing new skills to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, or manage mood. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current connections and helps people change habitual ways of relating to others.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, then try methods that fit those needs. This is a collaborative process and plans are adjusted based on what helps in real life.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging offer brief check-ins, skills practice, or support between longer appointments. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or health concerns while keeping the focus on practical progress and problem solving.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- New York, Vermont
- Languages
- English
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