How Karen works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Louisiana
- Years in practice
- 9
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Karen
Karen Sollberger is a Licensed Professional Counselor who practices in Louisiana and brings nine years of clinical experience to her work. She focuses on helping people reduce stress and anxiety, build self-esteem, and find better ways to cope with life changes. Karen aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where people feel safe to share difficult thoughts and feelings.
Her approach is straightforward and practical. She uses client-centered methods to listen closely and understand each person's priorities.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is part of her toolkit when clients want to change unhelpful thinking patterns. Mindfulness techniques are used to help people stay grounded and manage overwhelming emotion. Karen also draws on solution-focused and existential ideas to help clients clarify values and set small, useful goals.
This can be helpful for concerns such as grief, addiction, job stress, or anger. She supports people dealing with trauma, compassion fatigue, and other complex stressors by breaking problems into manageable steps. Sessions move at the client's pace.
Karen emphasizes collaboration and practical strategies that fit into daily life. She supports people whether they are making a big life change or working through ongoing challenges. Her background includes work across several mental health concerns including bipolar disorder, ADHD, and issues related to attachment and codependency.
People who want direct, empathetic guidance for stress, mood, or behavior concerns often find this style helpful.
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
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- 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
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Karen lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-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.
How therapy approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding each person's experience and building a trusting relationship; it helps when someone needs a caring listener and space to sort through feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and gives clear exercises to change unhelpful patterns, which can be useful for anxiety, anger, and mood challenges. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple practices to notice the present moment and reduce reactivity, which can support stress management and emotional regulation.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made or needs change.
Online sessions can fit into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a deeper discussion is needed. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a hands-free option is required. Live chat and text-based messaging offer short check-ins and ongoing support between sessions. These formats make it easier to schedule therapy around work, caregiving, and travel while keeping therapy consistent and accessible.
Questions people ask about Karen
What concerns does Karen commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, anger, grief, addictions, and coping with life changes among other issues.
What is Karen's style in sessions?
Sessions are collaborative and straightforward. She listens closely, helps set practical goals, and uses techniques that clients can apply between meetings.
How long has she been working as a counselor?
She has nine years of professional experience in counseling settings.
Where is Karen licensed and based?
She holds a Licensed Professional Counselor credential in Louisiana and practices there.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.