- Client-centered focus
- CBT and mindfulness
- Trauma-aware approach
About Karen
Karen Buroff is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 15 years of experience. She takes a client-centered approach and aims to make sessions feel respectful, clear, and focused on what matters most to each person.
Her style is warm and interactive. She uses Client-Centered Therapy alongside Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness-based ideas to help with stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma. Sessions are driven by the client's goals and strengths rather than a one-size-fits-all plan.
Karen has substantial experience supporting people after physical trauma and emotional abuse, including work with military members and veterans. She also helps with relationship strains, grief, parenting concerns, career transitions, and struggles with sleep or eating. Complex issues such as bipolar disorder, PTSD, panic attacks, and co-occurring conditions are part of her background too.
In sessions she focuses on practical skills, clearer communication, and building resilience. That can look like practicing new coping tools, noticing thought patterns, or exploring small changes that shift daily routines. Her goal is to help people leave sessions with something usable that fits their life.
To begin, she partners with each person to set realistic steps. The work emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and steady progress toward clearer goals and better functioning.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and following what matters to each person. In sessions the therapist reflects concerns back, helps clarify goals, and supports choices that feel right for the client. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try practical changes in behavior, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and panic symptoms. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve sleep and mood.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences and together decide which methods to try. That collaboration allows adjustments over time if something isn’t working or needs more focus.
Specific session formats are not listed here, so confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy day, reduce travel time, offer a quieter check-in during a break, or allow shorter focused sessions when that’s helpful. Licensed professionals can use these approaches effectively in remote sessions, and the therapist will help select what fits the client’s schedule and needs.
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Experience
15+ years
Listed in
Connecticut, California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, self-esteem struggles, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, grief, parenting and career changes, and related concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm, interactive, and client-centered. She blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness practices while keeping the client’s goals in focus.
What is her professional background?
She has 15 years of experience as a social worker and clinician, including extensive work with people who experienced physical trauma or emotional abuse and with military members and veterans.
What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with licensure in California and she practices from California.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Session formats are not specified here; please confirm current session options when you book to ensure they meet your needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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