Karla Garcia-Velez, LCSW

Karla Garcia-Velez is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who focuses on practical, compassionate care. She uses familiar, evidence-informed approaches to help people who are managing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and life changes. She speaks English and Spanish and practices in Colorado.

Karla meets each person where they are. She listens first, then adjusts her approach to fit the person’s needs. Sessions aim to identify what matters most and build small, doable steps toward those goals. The work is collaborative and paced to each person’s comfort.

Her background includes work with people coping with chronic illness, caregiver stress, and bereavement. She has seven years of clinical experience as an LCSW and has worked in settings that informed her practical style. That experience shapes how she supports people through transitions and medical concerns.

Karla draws from approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral strategies, dialectical behavior ideas, client-centered techniques, and hypnotherapy when appropriate. She mixes tools rather than relying on a single method, and she explains each option so people can choose what fits.

Many clients come with worries about sleep, self-esteem, addictions, or attention challenges. Karla also offers support around aging-related issues, cancer and hospice-related stress, caregiving burdens, fertility and family of origin concerns, and communication problems. She helps people set clear goals and practice skills between sessions.

How Karla’s Approaches Work Online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small, meaningful steps toward them while learning to accept difficult thoughts and feelings. It can help people facing chronic illness, caregiving strain, or major life transitions to live by what matters most.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into patterns of thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses practical exercises to shift unhelpful patterns. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep difficulties, and some attention challenges.

Client-centered therapy centers on listening and responding to what the person brings, helping them find their own solutions and build confidence. Combining this with ACT or CBT means sessions stay grounded in the person’s goals.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss the options, try methods that match the client’s goals, and adjust as needed. Clients and the therapist work together to pick tools that feel helpful and realistic.

If you plan to do online work, confirm the session formats before booking since formats were not specified in the biography. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow a shorter check-in when needed, reduce travel time, and let people meet from more convenient locations. Licensed professionals can use these options to support continuity of care while adapting methods to the online setting.