Karen Medlock, LCSW

Karen Medlock is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 27 years of practice based in Texas. She holds two master’s degrees, one in social work and one in theology. Karen draws on a wide range of life and professional experiences to meet people where they are. She aims for straightforward conversations rather than clinical jargon. Karen’s background includes classroom teaching from kindergarten through twelfth grade and work in correctional settings. Those roles shaped her skills in group work, addiction-related interventions, and practical psycho-social education. She has substantial experience helping people process trauma, post-traumatic stress, severe panic, and grief. Her style is relaxed and adaptable. She listens first and follows the client’s pace. In sessions she focuses on building strengths, clarifying goals, and trying small, useful changes that fit everyday life. Karen uses several therapy approaches, including attachment-based work, client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, and emotionally-focused ideas. These give her different ways to address stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, parenting strain, and many other issues. People who choose Karen often want a therapist who values cultural and sexual orientation diversity. She supports people coping with life transitions, mood challenges, addiction-related problems, attention concerns, and health or caregiver stress. To begin, clients complete a short intake that helps match goals to the right next steps.

How these approaches translate to online work

Attachment-based work focuses on how relationships shape feelings and safety. Online sessions can help people notice patterns in close relationships and try new ways of relating that reduce anxiety and improve connection.

Client-centered therapy centers on a respectful, nonjudgmental conversation. In remote sessions this looks like listening closely, reflecting what matters to you, and shaping goals together so therapy fits your life.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify thoughts and behaviors that keep stress and panic going. Online sessions can include short practice tasks, breathing techniques, and simple skill work you can try between meetings.

Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with you about your goals, try ideas, and adjust methods as needed. You and the therapist decide together what feels most helpful based on your needs and preferences.

Please confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking, as the biography does not list them explicitly. Online therapy can make scheduling easier, cut transit time, and fit brief check-ins into a busy day. It also lets people use different communication styles while working on stress, anxiety, trauma responses, grief, and relationship patterns.