Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
How Karen works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Illinois, Texas
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Karen
Karen Haggard is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of practice helping people manage strong emotions and life changes. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, and anger. Karen offers calm, straightforward care for people who feel overwhelmed and need practical tools to cope.
Her work focuses on clear steps people can use between sessions. She helps clients notice patterns, improve communication, and build routines that reduce reactivity.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to make everyday life feel more manageable and to restore a sense of control and hope. Karen uses approaches like cognitive behavioral methods, acceptance and commitment strategies, and attachment-informed techniques. These approaches are adapted to each person's needs rather than applied the same way for everyone.
She keeps language plain and centers the client’s goals when planning the work. Over her career she has supported people with mood disorders, trauma and abuse histories, ADHD, relationship and intimacy concerns, and caregiver stress. She also addresses niche areas such as adoption and foster care issues, body image, and alternative sexual cultures when those topics come up in therapy.
Based in Illinois and offering services in English, Karen provides sessions in formats that fit busy lives. She aims to help people feel steadier, clearer, and better able to handle challenges that once felt unmanageable.
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Karen lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- 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.
Approaches that translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to small actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and anger when someone wants concrete steps to move forward.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors that keep problems going. This approach works well for stress, sleeping problems, mood shifts, and many everyday concerns because it gives clear tools to practice between sessions.
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns in closeness and trust. It can help people who struggle with intimacy, abandonment fears, or repeating old relationship habits.
Choosing an approach is a team effort. Karen will talk with each person about needs, goals, and preferences, then try methods that fit. She adjusts the plan as progress is made so the work stays practical and relevant.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit busy lives. Video lets people work face-to-face when conversation and visual cues matter. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit during a break. Live chat and text messaging provide shorter check-ins or ongoing support when typing feels most convenient. These options help people keep continuity in care and make it easier to work on anger, stress, and relationship patterns without long commutes.
Questions people ask about Karen
What kinds of problems does Karen help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, anger, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, ADHD, and related concerns.
What is Karen's style in sessions?
Her approach is direct and compassionate, focusing on practical skills and clearer communication. Sessions combine reflection with usable strategies people can try between meetings.
How much experience does she bring?
Karen has 25 years of clinical experience supporting adults through mood disorders, life transitions, and complex emotional challenges.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential (LCSW) and practices from Illinois with licensure noted for IL LCSW and TX LCSW.
Which languages are used for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts clients internationally.
In what formats can I meet with her?
Sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How are sessions paid for and what does cost look like?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to therapist availability.