Karen Sollberger , LPC

Karen Sollberger is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Louisiana with nine years of professional experience. She focuses on common life struggles like stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and coping with big changes. Her work also includes support around compassion fatigue, addictions, grief, parenting challenges, and issues related to LGBT identity. Karen keeps sessions straightforward and conversational. She creates a calm space where people can name what they are feeling and think through next steps. The aim is practical progress - small shifts that make daily life easier. Her approach draws on several evidence-informed methods. She uses client-centered listening to follow each person’s priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people spot unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. Mindfulness practices are used to reduce reactivity and build presence. Karen has worked with people dealing with hard-to-name patterns such as abandonment, attachment struggles, codependency, and dissociation. She also supports those facing career strain, anger, and decision or commitment issues. Her experience includes navigating mood disorders like bipolar and disruptive mood dysregulation disorder. Sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences. Karen speaks English and practices from Louisiana as an LPC. If someone wants flexible, conversational support focused on real-world changes, she offers a steady, practical partner for that work.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Client-centered therapy is about listening closely and following what matters most to the person. Online sessions let the therapist tune into priorities and adjust focus session by session. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors; it pairs well with online work because homework and behavioral experiments can be reviewed between meetings. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple practices to reduce reactivity and stay present, and these exercises can be guided over video or reinforced via messages.

Choosing the best approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk about goals, try methods that fit those goals, and check in regularly to see what is helping. If a technique does not fit, adjustments are made together so the work stays practical and relevant to daily life.

Online formats offered include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for fuller conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be quicker check-ins or an alternative when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, progress reports, or practicing skills between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into workdays, caregiving schedules, or busy routines without traveling to an office.