- Build self esteem
- Practical goal setting
- Mindfulness tools
About Karen
Karen Gano is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who focuses on helping people strengthen self esteem and navigate major life changes. She brings 33 years of clinical experience and a practical, goal-minded approach to conversations about relationships, grief, stress, anxiety, and addictive behaviors. Her style is collaborative and straightforward, aiming to help people feel more capable in everyday life.
She describes her work as Empowerment Counseling and uses motivational interviewing to help people find their own reasons to change. Karen draws on client-centered methods and solution-focused techniques to create short-term goals and practical steps. Mindfulness strategies and trauma-focused methods are used when people need tools to manage difficult memories or intense emotions.
Karen earned a Master of Social Work from the University of Pittsburgh and holds clinical licenses across several states, including a Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical in Maryland. She has long experience in medical settings and has supported people affected by trauma, oncology, palliative care, and domestic abuse during her career.
Her sessions emphasize developing coping skills, building a stronger sense of self, and creating a plan for the next steps. She often helps people move from crisis response toward more stable routines and personal goals. The goal is practical change that fits each person’s life and values.
If you want someone who listens and helps set clear, achievable steps, Karen focuses on ways to increase self awareness and self esteem while addressing immediate concerns.
She describes her work as Empowerment Counseling and uses motivational interviewing to help people find their own reasons to change. Karen draws on client-centered methods and solution-focused techniques to create short-term goals and practical steps. Mindfulness strategies and trauma-focused methods are used when people need tools to manage difficult memories or intense emotions.
Karen earned a Master of Social Work from the University of Pittsburgh and holds clinical licenses across several states, including a Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical in Maryland. She has long experience in medical settings and has supported people affected by trauma, oncology, palliative care, and domestic abuse during her career.
Her sessions emphasize developing coping skills, building a stronger sense of self, and creating a plan for the next steps. She often helps people move from crisis response toward more stable routines and personal goals. The goal is practical change that fits each person’s life and values.
If you want someone who listens and helps set clear, achievable steps, Karen focuses on ways to increase self awareness and self esteem while addressing immediate concerns.