Karen Medlock, LCSW

Karen Medlock is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 27 years of practice. She holds two master's degrees, one in social work and one in theology, and she practices from Texas. Karen draws on decades of experience to help people facing stress, grief, anxiety, addiction, relationship concerns, and other life changes.

She takes a holistic, person-centered approach. Sessions focus on where a client is right now and what small steps feel manageable. Karen aims to build on strengths and create practical ways to cope with everyday pressure, panic, and loss.

Her background includes work across a wide age range and a long teaching career from kindergarten through grade 12. That classroom experience informs her work with adolescents and teens and helps her use clear, straightforward language in sessions. She also has experience running groups and teaching psycho-social topics in institutional settings.

Karen has spent many years helping people process trauma, Post Traumatic Stress, and severe panic attacks. She also works with grief, caregiving stress, body image concerns, and issues around intimacy and attachment. Her approach blends evidence-informed ideas with attention to each person’s life story.

Clients can expect a relaxed, steady presence in sessions. Karen describes herself as laid-back and responsive to where people are on their life path. She aims to help clients discover strengths, work through painful experiences, and move toward clearer goals.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current bonds and trust. It helps people who struggle with closeness, abandonment worries, or repeating relationship patterns by looking at how those patterns began.

Client-Centered Therapy prioritizes the person’s own goals and pace. The therapist listens without judgment, reflects what’s said, and supports the client in finding their own solutions for issues like self-esteem, life transitions, or career doubts.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. It offers practical tools to manage anxiety, panic, sleep problems, and unhelpful thinking by testing ideas and trying small behavior changes.

Choosing a therapeutic approach is a collaborative step. The therapist will discuss options and help decide which methods match a person’s needs and goals. Flexibility and client input guide the plan rather than a single fixed method.

Confirm the specific online session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online work can make fitting therapy into a busy life easier. It can allow for shorter check-ins during a work break, help people who prefer not to commute, or reduce the need to be on camera. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, breathing practices, and homework to fit remote sessions so progress continues even when meeting virtually.