Karishma Samaroo , LMHC

Karishma Samaroo is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in New York with nine years of professional experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, and challenges with self-esteem, offering focused support tailored to each person’s needs.

Over the course of her career she has spent considerable time counseling adults struggling with addiction, mental health concerns, and co-occurring disorders. She also addresses related issues such as abandonment and attachment difficulties, family of origin and relationship problems, body image concerns, chronic illness and pain, and end-of-life or hospice counseling.

Karishma draws primarily from cognitive behavioral therapy to explore the thoughts and patterns that contribute to frustration, anger, anxiety, and sadness. By identifying underlying contributors to distress, she helps clients gain insight and develop practical strategies that can open the door to healthier coping and greater emotional balance. As a clinician, she incorporates motivational interviewing and psychodynamic perspectives when appropriate to support lasting change and clearer self-understanding.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care with Karishma Samaroo

Karishma commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help clients identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that contribute to anxiety, depression, and stress. CBT focuses on practical skills and strategies that can reduce symptoms and improve day-to-day functioning.

She also incorporates motivational interviewing, a collaborative, goal-oriented approach that helps people find their own reasons for change and build commitment toward recovery. This approach can be especially useful for motivation, addiction recovery, and stages of change work.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Karishma works collaboratively with clients to tailor methods to their goals, preferences, and circumstances, adjusting techniques over time as needs evolve. Licensed professionals and therapists often blend elements from different models to best support each person.

Online therapy with Karishma is available by video call, phone session, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for busy schedules or mobility limitations. These options make it easier to fit care into daily life and to maintain continuity of support when in-person visits are not feasible.