Karen Haggard, LCSW

Karen Haggard is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, grief, or major life changes. Her work also addresses relationship and intimacy concerns, addictions, caregiver strain, and aging and geriatric issues.

Clients can expect a calm, nonjudgmental space to talk about what matters most to them. Karen listens for patterns in relationships, attachment, and behavior, then helps people build practical skills to manage emotions and daily challenges. She emphasizes clear communication and self-compassion while naming concrete steps a person can try between sessions.

Her approach blends acceptance and commitment ideas with cognitive tools and emotion-focused listening. That means learning how values guide choices, noticing unhelpful thinking, and practicing ways to tolerate strong feelings. Dialectical skills can be used when emotions feel intense, and attachment-informed work looks at how early relationships shape current ones.

Karen has worked across many settings over a long career and draws on that variety when supporting clients. She often helps people coping with chronic illness, caregiving stress, adoption or foster care history, abandonment wounds, ADHD, and body image or sexual identity concerns. She pays attention to how health, roles, and aging affect mood and function.

People who reach out are invited to set practical goals and try strategies that fit their life. The focus is on doable steps, clearer communication, and rebuilding a sense of purpose and connection over time.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice what matters to them and take small steps toward those values even when emotions are difficult. It can be useful for stress, depression, chronic health worries, and making life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life experiments to reduce anxiety and low mood. It is practical for sleep problems, panic, and negative thinking patterns. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape present-day connection and trust, and it can help with intimacy issues, abandonment wounds, and caregiver stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Karen will discuss options and help decide what fits a person’s goals and preferences. Therapy is collaborative - goals and methods are adjusted over time based on how the client responds.

The original biography does not list which online session formats are used, so confirm current options before booking. Many people find online sessions helpful because they can fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, or make it easier to check in during a work break. Others appreciate shorter check-ins or telephone conversations when that suits daily life better. Discuss format preferences during the matching and scheduling steps to make sessions practical and workable for your routine.