Karen Bradt , LCSW

Karen Bradt is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) and a certified trauma professional who guides people through anxiety, trauma, relationship struggles, and life transitions. She holds a Bachelor of Social Work and a Master of Social Work from the University of Central Florida, and completed a certificate in Addictions. Her practice focuses on practical change - blending conversation, psychoeducation about how trauma affects the brain, and hands-on tools clients can use between sessions.

Karen has worked with individuals facing panic, agoraphobia, borderline personality features, depression, self-harm, sexual and physical abuse survivors, and other trauma-related difficulties. She frames anxious reactions as the brain doing its job to protect a person rather than as evidence of being "crazy," and emphasizes that learning new responses requires both understanding and action. Clients are invited to try small, manageable experiments to shift automatic reactions to triggers and challenging relationships.

Physical wellbeing is part of her approach; she encourages movement and lifestyle changes alongside therapeutic skills, drawing on her own experience as a hiker and a former Florida Trail activity leader. She is wilderness first aid certified and discusses how activity can support mood and regulation while tailoring recommendations to each person. During seasons when power outages are frequent she may limit video scheduling availability, but clients who prefer video can request it and alternatives such as phone or messaging are available.

Attachment and Cognitive Approaches Delivered Online

Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationships affect current patterns and helps people rework attachment responses to feel safer in relationships and manage abandonment or trust issues. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and practicing alternative reactions - it is useful for anxiety, panic, depression, and behavior change. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes the client's own goals and experiences, offering a supportive, nonjudgmental space where the therapist follows the client's lead and helps clarify values and priorities.

Karen Bradt works collaboratively to find the best therapeutic approach for each person. She helps clients decide whether attachment work, skills-based CBT, a client-centered stance, or a combination will match their needs, goals, and preferences, and adjusts the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life or to continue work when in-person visits are difficult. These options allow licensed professionals to teach skills, support experiments between sessions, and maintain continuity of care while accommodating different communication styles and schedules.