Karen Lopez-Feliciano
Compassionate, practical care for life’s challenges
LMHC Florida
- Experience
- 22 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Anger
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing
- Languages
- English, Spanish
About Karen
Karen Lopez-Feliciano is a Florida-based licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 22 years of clinical experience helping people address a wide range of emotional and behavioral concerns.
Background and approach
She began her career at the Department of Children and Families in New York, then pursued a master’s degree in counseling and moved into treatment roles that included inpatient and outpatient work with mood disorders, substance use, conduct issues, and family conflict.
Her practice has since expanded to include stress, anxiety, addictions, anger, depression, ADHD, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related struggles, and other life challenges. Comfortable working in both English and Spanish, she uses pragmatic, goal-oriented methods to help clients change unhelpful patterns and build skills for daily life.
Her toolkit includes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) alongside motivational interviewing and solution-focused strategies, applied to concerns such as compulsions, codependency, communication problems, and coping with transitions. She frames therapy as a collaborative process and aims to make beginning treatment as manageable as possible for people ready to engage in change.
Now practicing in Florida, Karen combines decades of experience with a practical, problem-solving orientation to support people pursuing clearer thinking, improved coping, and healthier relationships.
Practical approaches for online healing and growth
Karen commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing to structure online work in ways that translate well to remote formats. CBT focuses on identifying and reshaping unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through concrete strategies such as behavioral experiments, thought records, and skill practice, which can be guided over video or chat. Motivational Interviewing centers on exploring readiness for change and strengthening personal motivation through open questions and reflective listening, useful for addressing issues like substance use or ambivalence about new habits.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative step in the process. The therapist works with each client to consider goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked in the past, adapting techniques as needed so the plan fits the individual rather than imposing a single method.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility through video calls, phone appointments, live chat, and text-based messaging, making it easier to access care from different locations and schedules. These options help clients maintain continuity of support, practice skills between meetings, and engage in therapy in ways that match their daily lives and comfort levels.
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Experience
22+ years
Licensed
Florida
Languages
English, Spanish