Karishma Samaroo , LMHC

Karishma Samaroo is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and self-esteem struggles. She works with adults who are coping with trauma, addiction, and the everyday pressures that make life feel overwhelming. Karishma writes plainly and aims to make conversations feel manageable for someone reading on a phone or taking a first step toward support.

She uses practical tools to help people understand patterns that keep problems going. That can mean looking at thoughts and behaviors that fuel anxiety or learning small changes that reduce daily stress. Sessions often include clear, concrete steps to try between meetings so progress is visible and steady.

Karishma draws on nine years of clinical experience and holds the Licensed Mental Health Counselor credential, LMHC, in New York. Her background includes working with people who have co-occurring concerns such as substance use and mood symptoms, and she has spent substantial time helping clients navigate grief and trauma.

Her approach blends short-term skills with deeper exploration. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to tackle unhelpful thought patterns. Psychodynamic ideas are used to look at long-standing relationship patterns and attachment concerns. Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change.

Sessions are offered in English and delivered online by video, phone, live chat, or messaging. Karishma aims to make the therapy process collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. To begin, clients complete a brief matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions based on availability.

How Karishma’s Approaches Work Online

Karishma uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors; this approach is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress by providing clear exercises and homework to practice. Motivational Interviewing is used to explore personal goals and strengthen motivation for change, which can help with substance use, lifestyle shifts, and commitment to treatment. Psychodynamic Therapy looks at patterns in relationships and early experiences to understand how they affect current feelings and behavior, which can be helpful for attachment and long-standing self-esteem issues.

Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. She will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked in the past. Together they decide which methods to try first and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online therapy offers flexibility for people balancing work, caregiving, or long commutes. Video calls let conversations feel close to face-to-face, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for quick check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while using the approaches above to address stress, trauma, and motivation.