Karla Stewart , LCPC, LPC

Karla Stewart is a licensed counselor with 20 years of experience helping people navigate relationship strain, addiction, parenting challenges, and self-esteem struggles. She holds LCPC and LPC credentials and practices in Oklahoma. Karla focuses on practical steps people can use right away to feel steadier and more in control.

Her work often centers on intimacy-related issues and relationship concerns. She helps people sort through communication problems, commitment worries, and patterns of codependency. She also supports those facing divorce, blended family adjustments, or the stress of caregiving.

Karla draws on several evidence-informed approaches to shape each session. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help identify unhelpful thoughts and build values-driven actions. Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused Therapy guide short-term progress and clearer goal setting.

Clients describe the process as straightforward and goal-oriented. Sessions may include looking at behaviors, practicing new ways to talk, and setting small, realistic changes to try between meetings. Karla pays attention to how life transitions, past trauma, and external pressures affect daily coping.

She also works with concerns related to adoption and foster care, first responder issues, substance use, and domestic violence recovery. Karla aims to create a respectful space where people can rebuild confidence and steady their relationships while moving toward practical solutions.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to actions that match their values; it is often useful for relationship struggles, self-esteem work, and coping during life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical tools to change patterns that fuel anxiety, depressive symptoms, or problematic habits. Motivational Interviewing focuses on strengthening a person's own motivations for change and can be effective for addiction or when someone feels stuck.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about goals and preferences, try techniques that fit those aims, and adjust the plan as progress or new needs emerge. This makes sessions more focused and helps people see what works for them.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people work face-to-face from different locations, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around work, parenting, or other life demands.