Works with
- Anger
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Depression
How Kari works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMSW
- Licensed in
- Michigan
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Kari
Kari Wright is a licensed clinical social worker with two decades of experience in Michigan. She greets new clients with plain language and steady support, and she focuses on helping people manage everyday struggles like anger, anxiety, depression, grief, and stress. Kari approaches the work with warmth and an emphasis on practical steps clients can use between sessions.
She often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing to address painful memories, stuck patterns, and unhelpful thinking.
Background and approach
Those methods are used to help people reduce distress, build new coping skills, and move forward after loss or trauma. Sessions aim to be collaborative and goal-focused. Kari listens for what matters most to each person and offers plain feedback and validation.
She explains options, suggests small experiments, and helps people notice what does and does not work. This direct style is intended to make change feel achievable rather than overwhelming. Her background includes long experience supporting people through grief, trauma, addiction concerns, and life transitions.
She also works with issues like parenting stress, sleep and eating problems, relationship challenges, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Kari is comfortable exploring a wide range of concerns and tailors her approach to each person’s situation. Clients can expect a respectful, down-to-earth conversation that focuses on practical tools and clear goals.
Therapy is framed as a partnership where progress comes from what the person practices between sessions as well as what happens in the room.
What Kari works with
Everything Kari lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Kari's practice.
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Kari lists
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic 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.
How her approaches work in online sessions
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, depression, anger, and day-to-day coping skills. EMDR, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, focuses on reducing the intensity of painful memories by pairing focused attention with guided processing techniques. It can be helpful for trauma and distressing memories.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kari will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then suggest one or more methods to try. That plan is revisited as therapy proceeds so adjustments can be made together based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging, which makes it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls let people read facial cues and have longer conversations. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier when being on camera is difficult. Live chat or text-based messaging can support brief check-ins, tracking progress, or coaching between longer sessions.
Questions people ask about Kari
What concerns does Kari commonly address?
She works with a wide range of problems including anger, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, addictions, parenting stress, relationship and intimacy issues, sleep and eating problems, ADHD, and career or life changes.
How would you describe her therapy style?
The approach is practical and collaborative. Kari listens, offers validation, gives clear feedback, and suggests skill-building exercises to try between sessions.
What kind of experience does she bring?
She has 20 years of clinical experience working with adults on grief, trauma, mood concerns, and behavior change strategies.
Where is Kari licensed and based?
She practices in Michigan and holds the credential MI LMSW, which means Licensed Master Social Worker in Michigan.
In which languages can sessions be held?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered for online work?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.