Karen Lakritz, LCSW

Karen Lakritz is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with over 30 years of experience as a psychotherapist. She draws on long clinical experience to help people who are facing depression, anxiety, grief, addiction, and other tough challenges. Karen brings calm, patience, and a straightforward manner to her work.

Her background includes helping people coping with severe bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, and supporting those dealing with loneliness that fuels substance use. She also notes personal experience with a mild stutter and dyslexia, and an understanding of challenges faced by non-neurotypical individuals. She has lived part of each year in Canada in recent years and is familiar with health and housing systems there.

Karen’s style is warm and supportive while also holding people accountable for the changes they want. She blends practical, evidence-informed techniques with a client-centered attitude. Sessions focus on clear goals and steps that fit each person’s life.

She uses a mix of cognitive-behavioral strategies, acceptance-oriented work, attachment-focused ideas, and skills from dialectical behavior approaches. That mix helps with mood symptoms, relationship struggles, coping with loss, and managing stress and addictions. Karen works collaboratively to tailor the plan to a person's needs.

Her approach assumes real change requires effort and commitment. She helps people set realistic steps, practice new skills, and track progress over time. To begin, clients follow the site Start Therapy flow and schedule according to the therapist's availability.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts without getting stuck in them, and then focus on actions that match their values. It can be useful for managing anxiety, depression, and long-term life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns, which can help with mood, anxiety, and sleeping problems. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationship patterns affect present connections and helps people build more secure ways of relating and communicating.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, preferences, and situation. Sessions may draw from more than one approach to meet changing needs over time.

The therapist's profile does not list specific session formats, so confirm the current online options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people join from different locations, including international clients. Licensed professionals can use these methods effectively in remote work by focusing on goals, practicing skills between sessions, and reviewing progress together.