Karen Hargrove , LPC

Karen Hargrove is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who cultivates a therapeutic environment that supports empowerment, creativity, and comfort with personal identity. She encourages individuals to recognize their life experiences as valuable sources of insight and guidance, and she helps them build trust in their own ability to find answers and make meaningful changes.

Working together in a collaborative way, Karen supports people as they learn to respond to themselves, their relationships, and life situations with a focus on growth and self-actualization. Her work emphasizes developing an inner-directed life so clients can move toward their fullest potential with increased clarity, resilience, and purpose.

Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Access

Karen integrates evidence-based therapeutic techniques into online work, offering approaches tailored to the presenting concerns. One focus is trauma-informed care, which centers safety, empowerment, and understanding of how past hurts affect current thoughts and relationships - this approach supports recovery from trauma and abuse. She also incorporates coaching-informed strategies to help clients set goals, clarify values, and build practical steps toward change, which can be helpful for career transitions, life changes, and improving motivation. Additionally, Karen uses skills-based interventions to address stress, anxiety, and mood regulation by teaching practical tools for coping, emotional awareness, and problem solving.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Karen works with each person to explore what fits best based on their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts techniques over time to match progress and feedback.

Online therapy offers flexibility for scheduling and makes it easier to engage from home or other convenient locations. Sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, giving multiple ways to connect and maintain continuity of care while accommodating different communication styles and daily demands.