Karen Haggard

Karen Haggard is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and the fallout from trauma and abuse. She works with individuals dealing with grief, relationship strain, addiction, and questions about identity. Her tone is straightforward and calm, aimed at someone searching for practical support.

She focuses on helping people through major life transitions and emotional challenges. That includes coping with burnout, managing anger, improving communication, and building self-esteem. She also supports people navigating intimacy concerns, parenting stress, and sleep or attention difficulties.

Karen uses a person-centered stance and draws on Trauma-Focused Therapy alongside cognitive and behavioral approaches. She also integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-based ideas to shape sessions around each person’s needs. Sessions emphasize real skills and clearer choices rather than only talking about feelings.

Over 25 years she has worked with a wide range of issues from chronic illness and caregiver strain to identity and relationship patterns. She aims to make sessions a place to test new ways of coping and to rebuild confidence after loss or hurt.

Her practice is rooted in practical steps and steady support. People leave with concrete tools for everyday life and a clearer sense of what matters to them next.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Trauma-Focused Therapy in her work focuses on helping people process painful memories and reduce the ways past events affect daily life. It often involves pacing, grounding strategies, and building coping skills to manage intense feelings.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice their thoughts without getting stuck and clarify what matters to them. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions because it emphasizes values-based action alongside skills for handling difficult thoughts.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current connections and emotional habits. This approach supports people wanting clearer boundaries, safer emotional expression, and better communication in relationships.

Finding the right mix of methods is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to match approaches to their goals, needs, and preferences. Sessions may shift over time as priorities change and progress is made.

Confirm the available online session formats before booking, since the biography does not list them. Online options often make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and make steady therapeutic work more consistent with daily life.