Karen Medlock

Karen Medlock is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 27 years of experience. She holds two master’s degrees, one in Social Work and one in Theology, and practices from Texas. Karen presents a calm, down-to-earth style and aims to meet people where they are in life. She uses a holistic outlook in sessions and tailors work to each person’s needs. Karen draws on a long background in teaching, having held K–12 certifications and classroom experience that inform her work with adolescents and teens. That classroom time also shaped how she explains things plainly and keeps sessions practical. Her work has included running groups and psychoeducational classes, and providing addiction-related treatment in a correctional setting. Those roles strengthened her skills with group work, addiction concerns, and structured interventions. She also has substantial experience helping people process trauma, post-traumatic stress symptoms, severe panic attacks, and grief and loss. Karen often focuses on relationships and emotional concerns such as anger, intimacy issues, attachment struggles, anxiety, depression, and self-esteem. She also addresses life transitions, parenting stress, ADHD, and career-related questions. Her approach emphasizes listening first and building on a person’s strengths. Sessions aim to be collaborative and paced to the individual. Karen describes her therapeutic manner as laid-back and supportive. She encourages exploring personal values and meaning while developing practical coping skills and clearer communication.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships influence current feelings and reactions; it helps when people struggle with trust, closeness, or recurring patterns in relationships. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s experience and emphasizes being heard; it helps people who need a calm, nonjudgmental space to sort out feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts affect feelings and actions and teaches practical skills for coping with anxiety, anger, or mood shifts.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That means trying ideas, checking what helps, and adjusting plans together rather than sticking to a single model.

Confirm current session options before booking to know which online formats are available. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, or let someone choose phone rather than video depending on comfort. These practical benefits can help people maintain consistency and apply new skills between sessions.