- Stress and anxiety
- Relationship communication
- Self esteem work
About Karen
Karen Delos Santos is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Florida with 17 years of experience working with adults. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, parenting strain, low self-esteem, and depression. Karen helps people who feel stuck or overwhelmed by everyday pressures and life transitions.
She works with young adults facing early career challenges, leaving home, and identity questions, and she also supports people navigating midlife change. Conversations commonly cover family of origin issues, communication breakdowns, codependency, and social anxiety. Sessions look at practical patterns and what to change day to day.
Karen pays attention to emotional wounds such as guilt, shame, and trauma reactions. She helps clients name those experiences and practice different ways of responding. Work can include talking through forgiveness, rebuilding self-love, and handling jealousy or financial stress.
Her background spans many common life stresses: caregiver burden, relationship rifts, feeling empty or without purpose, and the fallout from past family problems. She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide the work, choosing tools that match each person’s needs.
People who come to Karen generally leave with clearer choices and small, manageable steps to try between sessions. To start, readers should confirm current session options and follow the platform process to schedule a first appointment.
How evidence-based methods are used in online sessions
Karen uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide online work. Cognitive-style approaches help people notice unhelpful thinking and try new behavioral experiments; these are useful for anxiety, low mood, and social fear. Trauma-informed methods pay attention to past wounds and support gradual processing of difficult memories without pushing too fast; that helps when guilt, shame, or post-traumatic stress are present.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with clients to decide which techniques fit their goals and preferences. That means reviewing what feels practical, trying things in session, and adjusting based on what helps most.
The biography does not list specific session formats here, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to schedule therapy around classes, shifts, or caregiving duties and can reduce travel time. They also allow for shorter check-ins when a quick conversation will help. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and homework to fit everyday life, helping clients practice changes between meetings.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
17+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, parenting strain, low self-esteem, and depression. Additional focuses include caregiver stress, codependency, social anxiety, and family of origin issues.
How does she approach therapy?
Her work uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and practical conversation. Sessions focus on identifying patterns, trying new responses, and applying changes between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
She has 17 years of professional experience as a clinician. That experience includes long-term work on relationship dynamics and life transition issues.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and practices in Florida. The profile lists the credential as FL LMHC.
Does she offer sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English only. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
The original biography did not specify session formats. Confirm current session options before booking to know what formats are offered.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies by location and the service uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Exact rates should be confirmed before scheduling.
How do I get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session. That process begins the intake steps.
Online talk therapy through BetterHelp is for adults aged 18 and over and is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.