Karen Medlock, LCSW
Therapist in Texas
Karen Medlock is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 27 years of experience.
- Licensed inLouisiana, Texas
- License11221, 52974
- NPI 1427605419
- Experience27+ years
- LanguagesEnglish
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About Karen
Karen Medlock is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 27 years of experience. She holds two master's degrees, including one in social work, and practices in Texas. Karen brings a calm, down-to-earth manner to sessions and prefers to meet people where they are in life.
She uses a holistic view to understand each person's needs. Karen has worked with a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, addiction, parenting stress, and attachment issues.
Background and approach
She also supports people facing life transitions, relationship struggles, body image problems, and challenges with focus or sleep. Early in her career she taught kindergarten through twelfth grade, and that classroom experience shaped how she connects with adolescents and teens.
She has led groups and taught psycho-social classes on many topics while working in correctional settings, which broadened her work with addictions and with people who have experienced long-term hardship. In sessions Karen leans on client-centered methods and attachment-informed ideas to build trust and safety.
She also integrates cognitive-behavioral and emotionally-focused approaches when helpful, and allows each person's pace to guide the work. Her style is relaxed and collaborative rather than prescriptive. Clients can expect straightforward conversation, practical coping tools, and help untangling patterns that cause pain.
Karen aims to bolster people’s strengths while walking alongside them through change. She offers video, phone, live chat, and text-based options for therapy.
Credentials
- LCSW (Louisiana)
- License 11221 · expires August 2026
- LCSW (Texas)
- License 52974 · expires February 2027
- NPI
- 1427605419 · national provider identifier
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Karen lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Karen names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How attachment work and practical therapies translate online
Attachment-informed work focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. In sessions this means noticing how people form bonds, respond to closeness, and react under stress, then practicing new ways of relating that feel safer and more satisfying.Client-centered therapy centers the person's own goals and pace. The therapist listens with curiosity and supports the client's choices, helping them name what matters most and build on their strengths.
Cognitive-behavioral techniques look at unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and teach concrete skills to change them. This approach is often useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and coping with life changes.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that fit, and adjust based on what helps. That collaborative process aims to find practical tools and ways of understanding that suit each person.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let people meet face-to-face without travel, phone sessions can fit into a lunch break or low-bandwidth situations, and live chat or text messaging provide short check-ins or interim support. These options make it easier to keep momentum and practice new skills between sessions.
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Frequently asked
What concerns does Karen commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship or intimacy issues, parenting challenges, sleep and eating problems, self-esteem, career stress, ADHD, and related concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
The approach is relaxed and collaborative. She combines client-centered listening with attachment-informed and cognitive-behavioral ideas to create practical steps people can use.
What kind of experience does she bring?
She has 27 years of clinical work and classroom teaching experience. Her background includes group work, addiction treatment, and trauma-focused care.
What credentials and location apply to this therapist?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW - licensed in Texas (TX LCSW) and Louisiana (LA LCSW), and she practices from Texas.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she offer?
Therapy is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and preferences.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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