- Client-centered approach
- Motivational interviewing
- Mindfulness techniques
About Karen
Karen Gano is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in New Mexico with 33 years of clinical experience. She holds LCSW and related social work credentials and has worked across medical and community settings. Karen helps people facing relationship strain, grief, anxiety, depression, addiction concerns, and changes tied to caregiving or life transitions.
She uses a client-centered stance that keeps the person's goals in focus. Sessions look at current problems and practical steps forward. Karen often brings motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques to help people clarify next steps and try small changes that feel doable.
Her clinical background includes long work in medical social work, oncology, palliative care, emergency medicine, and trauma settings. That history shapes how she talks about stress, burnout, and compassion fatigue with people who are also caring for others or working in healthcare roles.
People who want to understand patterns from their upbringing will find that family of origin issues are part of her practice areas. Karen will also address intimacy-related issues, codependency, abandonment concerns, and blended family challenges alongside mood and anxiety concerns.
Sessions are practical and goal oriented. Conversations include mindfulness exercises, problem-solving, and building coping skills. She encourages steps toward clearer boundaries, better self-care, and decisions that fit the person’s life situation.
How her approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person's priorities and outlook. In practice this means the therapist listens closely to what matters most and helps organize sessions around those goals. It is useful for relationship concerns, self-esteem, and life-change planning.Mindfulness Therapy introduces simple awareness and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and ease anxiety. These techniques are often paired with practical steps to handle stress, grief, and compassion fatigue. Motivational Interviewing looks at a person’s readiness to change and uses guided questions to strengthen commitment to small, doable goals. It helps when someone wants to shift behavior or make a life transition but feels stuck.
Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Karen will work with the client to decide which methods suit their needs, goals, and preferences. That process may combine mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused steps over several sessions to see what fits.
Confirm current session options before booking so you know how she is meeting with clients. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counseling into a workday or a caregiving schedule, allow brief check-ins when travel or time is limited, and reduce the need to arrange extra commute time. Whether the focus is managing stress, addressing family of origin patterns, or planning next steps after a life change, online sessions can support regular, practical work between appointments.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
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Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
33+ years
Listed in
New Mexico, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, Maine
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with relationship issues, grief, anxiety, depression, addiction, stress, and life transitions. Family of origin issues and intimacy concerns are also listed areas she addresses.
What is her therapeutic style in sessions?
Her style is client-centered and goal oriented. She combines motivational interviewing, solution-focused work, mindfulness, and trauma-informed approaches as appropriate.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 33 years of clinical counseling experience, including extensive work in medical social work and trauma-related settings.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LCSW-C, LCSW, and CSW credentials and is based in New Mexico.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the country work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
Begin by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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