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Karen Medlock, LCSW

  • Experience27 years
  • LocationTexas
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Grief
  • Therapy approachesAttachment-Based Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy
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About Karen

Karen Medlock is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 27 years of clinical experience, practicing in Texas. She brings a broad, holistic perspective shaped by training in social work and theology and a long history of work across diverse settings.

Background and approach

Her background includes teaching at the K–12 level and providing group and individual interventions in correctional settings, which contributed to extensive experience with addiction treatment, trauma, grief, and crisis-related presentations. Her style is relaxed and client-centered, meeting people where they are and tailoring support to each person’s life journey.

She uses approaches grounded in attachment theory, cognitive behavioral techniques, emotionally focused strategies, and existential ideas to help clients build strengths, process loss, and work through anxiety, stress, relationship concerns, ADHD-related struggles, and other challenges. Sessions may include practical skills, exploration of meaning, and group-style psychoeducation when helpful.

Karen values cultural and sexual orientation diversity and aims to accompany clients as they develop new coping strategies and pathways forward.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care



Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns of connection and how early relationships shape emotional responses; it is useful for addressing relationship difficulties, attachment issues, and intimacy-related concerns by exploring how clients form and maintain bonds. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) emphasizes identifying and adjusting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety, depression, and stress, and often includes practical exercises and skills practice. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people understand and reorganize emotional responses within close relationships, supporting deeper emotional processing and improved communication.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Karen works collaboratively with clients to identify what fits best. She considers a person’s goals, history, and preferences and may draw on more than one method so the work feels tailored and effective for the individual’s situation.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it possible to continue steady therapeutic work from home or other convenient locations, accommodate varying energy levels, and use brief check-ins alongside longer conversations when helpful.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Karen commonly address?
She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, grief, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, ADHD, and trauma among other areas.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is laid-back and client-centered, blending practical skills with exploration of meaning to meet clients where they are in their life journey.
What is her clinical background and experience?
She has 27 years of experience that include teaching K–12, group work in correctional settings, addiction treatment, and extensive work with trauma and grief.
What credentials and location are on record?
She is an LCSW with licensure listed as TX LCSW 52974 and LA LCSW 11221, and she practices from Texas.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English, and she is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are available for working together?
Clients can connect through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on their needs and scheduling.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyGriefIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesDepression

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseEating disordersSleeping disordersAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPost-traumatic stressSex addictionSexual dysfunctionSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

27+ years

Licensed

Louisiana, Texas

Languages

English

What Karen can help with

Karen Medlock works with clients on stress and anxiety, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting issues, and depression.

Karen works with all age groups and with diversity in culture, race, and sexual orientation.

Karen works with trauma, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and the severe panic attacks that occur.

How Karen approaches therapy

Karen's clinical approaches include Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Existential Therapy, Jungian Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing.

Experience and training

Karen is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in Texas, with 27 years of clinical experience.