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About Karen
Karen Haggard is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience who assists people coping with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma, addictions, and a wide range of emotional and relational concerns.
Background and approach
She blends compassion with practical strategies to help clients manage life transitions, improve communication, and rebuild self-esteem. Her practice emphasizes individualized care that respects each person's values and goals.
Drawing from a variety of evidence-based methods, Karen uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, attachment-based work, and a client-centered stance to tailor treatment to the presenting issue. She brings particular attention to issues such as intimacy and relationship struggles, ADHD, compassion fatigue, chronic health challenges, and identity-related matters.
As an Illinois LCSW, she offers a steady, collaborative presence designed to help clients clarify priorities, develop coping skills, and move toward greater emotional balance.
Bringing evidence-based approaches to online care
Karen draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to help clients identify and shift unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and work-related stress. She also employs acceptance and commitment therapy to help people clarify personal values, build psychological flexibility, and develop skills for managing painful emotions and life transitions. Attachment-based therapy is used to explore relational patterns and attachment concerns that affect communication and intimacy.Choosing the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. Karen will work with each client to determine which methods best fit their goals, preferences, and life circumstances, adjusting techniques over time as progress and needs evolve.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexible access to care. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, maintain continuity during life changes, and use modalities that feel most comfortable for the client while working toward measurable progress.
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does this therapist address?
Karen works with a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, intimacy-related problems, sleeping difficulties, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
What therapeutic approach does she use in sessions?
She integrates evidence-based approaches such as CBT, DBT, ACT, attachment-based therapy, and client-centered therapy to match techniques to each client's needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
The therapist brings 25 years of professional experience working with a wide range of emotional and relational concerns.
What credentials and location are listed for this clinician?
Karen holds the credential LCSW and is licensed in Illinois with license IL LCSW 149010863 and in Texas with license TX LCSW 115772.
Can nonlocal or international clients work with this clinician?
Yes, international clients are accepted and sessions can be arranged across locations according to licensure and availability.
What session formats are offered?
Sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session based on therapist availability.
Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, Texas
- Languages
- English