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Karen Phillips, LMHC
Florida
LMHC - Anxiety and Trauma
See online therapy options- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Attachment-based work
About Karen
Karen Phillips is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Florida with 25 years of experience. She helps people who are struggling with anxiety, depression, stress, grief, relationship concerns, and effects of past trauma. Sessions are practical and focused on noticing patterns and trying new ways of responding.
She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Karen also uses Attachment-Based and Client-Centered approaches and elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy when they fit a person's needs. She keeps work concrete - identifying habits, testing small changes, and tracking what helps.
Many people come to her with childhood emotional abuse, attachment or abandonment worries, and issues around self-esteem, guilt, or shame. She also supports people dealing with life changes, parenting stress, addiction concerns, and mood or bipolar-related challenges. Sessions aim to clarify goals and focus on steps a person can try between meetings.
Her style is collaborative and straightforward. She listens, reflects what she hears, and offers practical tools drawn from different approaches. Karen encourages clear, doable experiments to see what reduces distress and improves daily functioning.
Clients can expect work that balances talking through problems with specific behavioral tasks. Progress is tracked in simple ways, and methods are adjusted if they are not helping. The emphasis is on learning what works in everyday life.
How CBT, ACT, and Attachment work for online sessions
Karen frequently uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) online to help people notice thoughts and behaviors that keep problems in place, then try concrete changes and track results. CBT is practical and goal-focused, often useful for anxiety, depression, and stress.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people clarify values and take committed action even when feelings are difficult. ACT supports learning new ways to respond to painful thoughts and emotions rather than trying to eliminate them. Attachment-Based Therapy is used to explore early relationship patterns and how they affect current trust, intimacy, and boundary concerns.
Finding the best approach is part of the work. Karen will discuss which methods seem most useful and adjust the plan as goals and needs emerge, so the process is collaborative and centered on what helps most.
The biography does not specify session formats, so confirm the available online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Therapists often combine talking with worksheets, behavioral experiments, and between-session tasks that fit into daily routines.
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Experience
25+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, parenting strain, addiction concerns, and related mood or self-esteem problems.
How does she use CBT in sessions?
CBT is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and habits, test alternative responses, and develop step-by-step behavior changes to reduce distress.
What is her clinical background?
She has 25 years of experience working across mood disorders, trauma, attachment concerns, and life transition challenges.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) licensed in Florida and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current options before booking.
How are costs handled for therapy?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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