Karlee Shave, LMSW

Karlee Shave is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) practicing in Michigan with six years of professional experience supporting clients across the lifespan, with a focus on adolescents and young adults. She brings focused experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, chronic health conditions, motivation challenges, and issues related to self-love. Karlee also has experience working with LGBTQIA+ identified clients and integrates that understanding into collaborative care.

Karlee emphasizes a whole-person approach and adapts her methods to meet each client where they are. She strives to build a warm, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be explored openly. Clients are invited to take the lead in their work while Karlee offers practical tools and guidance to help them move through life’s hurdles. As a clinician, she aims to support growth, increase coping skills, and strengthen connections to the client’s values and goals.

Karlee aims to form a supportive working relationship that centers the client’s needs and preferences. She looks forward to getting to know each person she works with and helping them identify strategies for long-term well-being.

Approaches That Guide Online Care

Karlee draws from evidence-informed frameworks to tailor work to each client’s needs. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns of connecting and reacting - it can help with abandonment, attachment issues, relationship difficulties, and healing from relational trauma. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, acceptance, and collaboration; it supports clients working through identity, self-esteem, and emotional processing by honoring the client’s own goals and pace. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to identify and reframe unhelpful thoughts and patterns, often helping with anxiety, depression, and stress-related concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Karlee partners with each client to determine what fits best based on their needs, goals, and preferences. This collaborative process can involve trying strategies from different approaches and adjusting as progress is made.

Online therapy with Karlee is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility and accessibility. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, maintain continuity of care, and connect from the setting that feels most comfortable for the client.