- Stress and anxiety
- Depression support
- Values based work
About Karen
Karen Ellis is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 14 years of professional experience. She focuses on practical ways to reduce stress and anxiety and addresses depression alongside other life challenges. Her approach is warm and straightforward, aimed at helping people take manageable steps forward.
She builds a calm, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be spoken honestly. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented, with attention to what each person wants to change. Karen encourages small experiments and clear, doable plans to test what helps in daily life.
Her work covers relationship concerns, intimacy issues, grief, trauma and abuse, and parenting strain. She also supports people navigating bipolar mood shifts, anger, low self-esteem, and major life transitions. Additional areas of focus include body image, communication problems, blended family issues, and process addictions such as gambling or exercise concerns.
Karen uses methods drawn from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, client-centered listening, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy. Those methods guide practical exercises, values clarification, and skills practice during sessions. She keeps explanations plain and offers tools that can be used between meetings.
She practices in Oregon and provides services in English. If you are considering therapy, Karen asks for a first step of completing a short questionnaire to match needs and schedule a session. That helps shape a plan that fits your life and goals.
She builds a calm, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be spoken honestly. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented, with attention to what each person wants to change. Karen encourages small experiments and clear, doable plans to test what helps in daily life.
Her work covers relationship concerns, intimacy issues, grief, trauma and abuse, and parenting strain. She also supports people navigating bipolar mood shifts, anger, low self-esteem, and major life transitions. Additional areas of focus include body image, communication problems, blended family issues, and process addictions such as gambling or exercise concerns.
Karen uses methods drawn from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, client-centered listening, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy. Those methods guide practical exercises, values clarification, and skills practice during sessions. She keeps explanations plain and offers tools that can be used between meetings.
She practices in Oregon and provides services in English. If you are considering therapy, Karen asks for a first step of completing a short questionnaire to match needs and schedule a session. That helps shape a plan that fits your life and goals.
This summary is based on the profile information listed on BetterHelp.