Karen Graber, LMFT

Karen Graber is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California who brings eleven years of clinical experience to her work with individuals, couples, and families. She earned a Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy from California State University, Northridge in May 2010 and holds a bachelor’s degree in Special Education and Psychology from New York University. Her clinical background includes positions at a range of Los Angeles clinics, including Beit T'shuvah, where she worked with inpatient and outpatient addiction populations, The Maple Counseling Center, where she treated adolescents at Beverly Hills High School and Moreno High School as well as their families, and Jewish Family Service.

Graber combines formal training, practical experience, and a strengths-based outlook to help clients find balance and make sustainable changes. She individualizes treatment plans to match each person’s circumstances, aiming to foster joy, fulfillment, and greater self-compassion in daily life while teaching healthy coping strategies for long-term use. Her approach centers on identifying and building client strengths and resources to move through current struggles. She also integrates psychodynamic techniques to explore patterns rooted in past experiences that may be repeating in the present, and she applies mindfulness practices to reduce stress and improve emotional regulation. When appropriate for anxiety, phobia, or trauma, she incorporates EMDR - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing - and she is currently completing EMDR certification.