Karen Medlock , LCSW

Karen Medlock is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 27 years of practice. She holds the LCSW credential and works from Texas. Karen draws on long experience supporting people through stress, loss, relationship struggles, addiction concerns, and other life changes.

Her background includes social work and theology graduate degrees and many years teaching from kindergarten through 12th grade. Those classroom years inform how she talks with adolescents and teenagers and how she structures learning in sessions. She also has experience leading groups and addiction-focused programming in correctional settings.

Karen uses several therapeutic approaches to match each person's needs. She draws from attachment-focused ideas to look at how close relationships affect daily life. She also uses client-centered methods to keep conversations grounded in the person's goals and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful patterns and try new ways of thinking and acting.

In sessions she aims for a relaxed, conversational style. She helps people name emotions, practice coping skills, and set small, doable goals. This can include work on grief, panic, sleep problems, body image, parenting stress, or career-related concerns.

Karen offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so people can choose what fits their schedule. To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and then schedules a time that works for them. She approaches therapy as a shared process and helps people build on their strengths.

Therapeutic approaches and flexible online care

Attachment-based work looks at how early and current relationships shape feelings and behavior, helping people understand patterns in intimacy, abandonment worries, and connection. Client-centered therapy centers the person's experience and goals, giving space for the client to lead conversations while the therapist reflects and supports. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes, which can help with anxiety, depression, panic, and sleep problems.

Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before, then try methods that suit the person's needs. Over time the plan can be adjusted based on what feels most helpful.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more accessible. Video calls let people work face to face from wherever they are, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for quick check-ins, and text-based messaging supports shorter updates or ongoing reflection between sessions. These options give flexibility to fit therapy into busy lives while keeping the focus on progress and practical steps.