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Karen Hamp, LMSW

Stress, Anxiety Relationships Trauma, Abuse Grief Coping with life changes
Video Phone Live Chat Messaging

About me

I am a licensed Social Worker who has been counseling for over 45 years. I have worked with all ages and many kinds of people. I work well with those who face life changes of all kinds, and with people who find themselves needing more stability, freedom, and satisfaction in their lives or relationships. I have worked with recovery from trauma, and from dysfunctional or addictive family patterns. I have worked with chronic illness, and issues of aging and change. If you presently are looking for help with depression, anxiety, worries, confusion about your life or about leftovers from past events, I am ready to help. Counseling can start with who and where you are now, and move you through to be better, more satisfactory and healthy place in your life.
Counseling is a way to look at your life and patterns, and help you heal from the past, make hard decisions in the present, solve difficult dilemmas, and work toward an even better future. Beyond that, it is a way to help you solidify your individual potential and identity, and build close and successful relationships.
Whatever the reason for your wanting some help, I will use care, strength, and respect, as well as knowledge and skill to work with you and meet your goals. If things seem dark, we search for light and life. When you lose your way or a sense of who you are, we can find your identity and your relationship to life again. If you are coping with difficult circumstances, we can determine how best to cope, and whether to change your life.
We can work by phone, video, live chat, or messaging. Scheduled weekly sessions are encouraged and available although not mandatory. We will start by gathering information, getting to know each other, and building a relationship.
Thank you for caring enough about your life to contact me. I look forward to working with you.

Professional experience

47yrs in practice
Stress, Anxiety Relationships Trauma, Abuse Grief Coping with life changes

Additional areas of focus: Family conflicts, Intimacy-related issues, Parenting issues, Anger management, Self esteem, Depression, Coaching, Compassion fatigue, Abandonment, Aging and Geriatric Issues, Attachment issues, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain illness and disability, Codependency, Commitment Issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Divorce and separation, Family of Origin Issues, Family Problems, Fatherhood Issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Hospice and End of Life Counseling, Life purpose, Midlife crisis, Mood disorders , Narcissism, Post-traumatic stress, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-love, Somatization, Women's issues, Workplace issues

Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Mindfulness Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Somatic Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy

Services offered

Video
Phone
Live Chat
Messaging

License information

MI LMSW 6801009395

Reviews

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karen has been a very helpful understanding therapist

Written on Apr 07, 2024 after therapy with Karen for 6 years and 2 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, and parenting issues

Karen is a kind, genuine person who I can share matters with without feeling judged

Written on Jan 07, 2024 after therapy with Karen for 4 years and 6 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, intimacy-related issues, career difficulties, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue

Karen is an amazing therapist and has been a great help to me in my healing journey.

Written on Jul 03, 2023 after therapy with Karen for 2 years and 6 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, and eating disorders

Karen has been awesome throughout my therapy experience. She has provided me with tools that I can use during my difficult times. She is a good listener and offers constructive suggestions when I need them. I appreciate the fact that she is closer to my age, and can understand where I come from as far as my worldview.

Written on Apr 28, 2023 after therapy with Karen for 7 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, and intimacy-related issues

Karen is fantastic! She is very considerate, thoughtful, and open. She helped me through a very hard and confusing time in my life, and helped me become more independent. She offers advice when necessary. She is a kind caring and compassionate person who can help you through anything in your life.

Written on Mar 16, 2023 after therapy with Karen for 5 months on issues concerning relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, and parenting issues

I cant say enough about how wonderful it has been to have therapy with Karen. She is extremely knowledgeable, compassionate, warm, trusting, a great listener, insightful, all the good things!!

Written on Feb 23, 2023 after therapy with Karen for 4 years on issues concerning depression, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, self esteem, and adhd