Karen Larkins, LPC

Karen Larkins is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Michigan with 16 years of experience in behavioral health. She has spent her career helping children and adults who face stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and life transitions, while paying particular attention to the needs of individuals with disabilities and the stigma and barriers they often encounter.

She works to identify symptoms such as anxiety, depression, and diminished self-worth, then partners with clients to develop practical strategies for managing those symptoms and overcoming obstacles to daily functioning. Her practice emphasizes building self-efficacy, empowerment, and greater self-sufficiency, and addresses concerns across family dynamics, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, body image, isolation and loneliness, end-of-life and hospice issues, and questions of life purpose.

Karen draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to tailor care to each person's situation, creating treatment plans that aim for realistic, achievable change. She provides services in English and serves clients in Michigan, working with both children and adults to support healthier coping and improved quality of life.

Evidence-based approaches with flexible online care

Karen uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical symptom management and skill building. One approach emphasizes skills training to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms by teaching coping strategies, emotional regulation, and behavioral tools that can improve daily functioning and resilience.

Another strand of her work centers on empowerment and self-efficacy, helping clients explore barriers, challenge limiting beliefs, and develop step-by-step plans to increase independence and confidence in life roles. These methods are useful for concerns such as low self-esteem, caregiver stress, and coping with life changes.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Karen works with each person to evaluate needs, goals, and preferences, and then tailors evidence-based techniques in partnership with the client to identify what works best.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging - making it easier to fit care into busy schedules and to access support from home. This range of options helps people maintain consistency in treatment and continue work toward their goals despite life demands.