Works with
- Anger
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
How Karen works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- MD, LCSW-C, LCSW, CSW
- Licensed in
- New Mexico, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, Maine
- Years in practice
- 33
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Karen
Karen Gano is a clinician based in New Mexico with more than three decades of counseling experience. She focuses on helping people who are facing life changes, stress, anxiety, grief, relationship strain, anger, and issues that affect self-esteem. Karen uses a goal-oriented, strengths-based style to help clients find practical steps forward.
Her background includes work as a medical social worker in settings such as oncology, palliative care, emergency medicine, and trauma.
Background and approach
That experience shaped a practical approach to coping, crisis response, and caregiving stress. She combines that perspective with attention to personal values and life goals. Karen draws from client-centered therapy to keep the conversation focused on each person’s priorities.
She uses motivational interviewing techniques to help people move from thinking about change to taking action. Mindfulness practices and solution-focused methods are woven in to build short-term strategies and longer-term resilience. Sessions often include straightforward tools for managing strong feelings, setting boundaries, and improving communication.
Karen places emphasis on empowerment, helping people find their voice and grow self-awareness. She supports people working through transitions like separation, career shifts, illness, or the challenges of caregiving. Her credentials include MD, Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and Clinical Social Worker.
Karen aims to help clients move from surviving to thriving with practical coping skills and steady encouragement.
What Karen works with
Everything Karen lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Karen's practice.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Fertility issues
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Women's issues
Approaches Karen lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Client-centered therapy focuses on what matters most to the person in therapy. The therapist listens deeply and follows the client’s priorities to shape each session, which helps people clarify goals and build confidence. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple practices to notice thoughts and feelings without getting swept away, and it can help with anxiety, stress, and anger by creating space to choose responses. Motivational interviewing is a collaborative way to move from thinking about change to taking steps; it helps people increase motivation and set achievable goals.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about needs, goals, and preferences, and together they will try methods that fit. That collaborative process makes it easier to adjust techniques as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging allow brief check-ins, written reflection, and ongoing support between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and different daily routines.
Questions people ask about Karen
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She helps people facing relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem, stress, anxiety, anger, addiction concerns, career changes, bipolar and depression, and other life transitions.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is client-centered and goal-focused, using motivational interviewing, mindfulness, solution-focused techniques, and trauma-informed methods to build practical steps forward.
What is her professional background?
She has 33 years of clinical counseling experience and has worked as a medical social worker in oncology, palliative care, emergency medicine, and trauma settings.
Which credentials and region are listed?
Credentials listed are MD, LCSW-C, LCSW, and CSW, and she practices from New Mexico.
In what languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How is pricing handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this clinician?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.