Karen Kavaloski

Calm, practical guidance for life transitions

LPC, LPCC Missouri

Experience: 17 years in practice
Focus areas: Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Relationship
Approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy
Languages: English

About Karen

Karen Kavaloski, LPC, LPCC brings 17 years of clinical experience to her counseling practice in Missouri. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family concerns, grief, parenting and intimacy-related issues.

Background and approach

Her background includes significant work with substance use and trauma, along with several years supporting people involved in prison reentry and those affected by incarceration. She also attends to a broad range of related areas such as communication and control issues, codependency, caregiver stress, and cancer-related challenges.

Her approach emphasizes collaboration and practical skill-building, drawing on cognitive behavioral techniques alongside attachment-focused and client-centered ideas. Karen’s professional path began after a long career in nursing and includes advanced study in business and ministry, which inform a holistic view of wellbeing.

She identifies as someone who values mindfulness, compassion, and the client’s own expertise in shaping goals and solutions. Outside of clinical work she reads, gardens, meditates and maintains daily light exercise, activities that reflect the balanced, resilience-focused perspective she brings to therapy.

Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life

Karen integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) into online work to help clients identify unhelpful thinking patterns and practice concrete skills for managing mood, anxiety, and addictive behaviors. CBT sessions focus on practical tools and behavioral experiments that translate well to remote formats.

She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to explore relational patterns and emotional bonds that shape current relationships and coping. This approach helps people better understand how past attachments influence present interactions and offers strategies for building healthier connections. In addition, her client-centered stance emphasizes empathy and respect, creating space for clients to lead discussions about their values, goals, and preferred pace of change.

Finding the right approach is collaborative; she works with each person to tailor methods to their needs, goals, and comfort with online modalities. Together they assess what feels most useful and adjust strategies over time to match progress and preferences.

Online therapy with this clinician is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, giving flexibility for busy schedules and varying communication styles. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, practice new skills between meetings, and access support from home or other convenient locations.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?

She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, trauma and related family and relationship issues, plus areas like grief, parenting, self-esteem and career challenges.

What is her therapeutic style?

Her style is collaborative and skill-based, combining cognitive behavioral methods with attachment-informed and client-centered perspectives to help clients set and reach their goals.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has 17 years of experience, including focused work with trauma, substance use, and several years supporting prison reentry and families affected by incarceration.

Where is she licensed and located?

Karen holds LPC and LPCC credentials and practices from Missouri; her credential details include MI LPC 6401224938 and NM LPCC CCMH0197151.

Does she offer therapy in other languages or to international clients?

Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.

Which session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for clients to choose the format that fits their needs.

What does therapy cost with this clinician?

Cost varies by location and therapist availability and sessions are billed through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, Anxiety AddictionsRelationship issuesAnger managementCoping with life changes

Also works with

Family conflictsTrauma and abuse GriefIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesSelf esteemCareer difficultiesDepression

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBlended family issuesCancerCaregiver issues and stressCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disorders Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD Panic disorder and panic attacks PhobiasPostpartum depressionSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSex addictionSexual dysfunctionSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

17+ years

Licensed

Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, Texas, Michigan

Languages

English