Karen Medlock, LCSW

Louisiana · 27 years in practice

Karen Medlock is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 27 years of experience.

License and registration

LCSW, Louisiana: 11221 · expires August 2026
LCSW, Texas: 52974 · expires February 2027
NPI: 1427605419 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 27
Languages: English

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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, one in social work and one in theology, and brings a broad background to her therapy practice. Karen prefers a relaxed, down-to-earth style and meets people where they are in life.

She focuses on building strengths and walking alongside clients as they work through difficult moments. She has worked across many settings and age ranges, including classroom teaching from kindergarten through twelfth grade and clinical work in correctional facilities.

Background and approach

Those roles shaped her group work, addiction treatment skills, and the way she talks about life changes and responsibility. Her experience includes supporting people with trauma, post-traumatic stress, severe panic attacks, and grief. Karen uses a range of approaches to fit each person’s needs.

She draws on Jungian ideas about symbols and meaning, attachment-based perspectives on relationships, and client-centered principles that keep the person’s voice central. She also incorporates techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and emotionally-focused methods when useful. Clients come to her for many concerns, including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy matters, parenting questions, addiction issues, eating and sleeping problems, ADHD, and life transitions.

She also addresses abandonment, attachment difficulties, codependency, caregiver stress, body image, and coping after disasters. Sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Karen explains options clearly and helps people choose the format that works best for them.

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

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Online support

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Karen blends Jungian Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, and client-centered work to help people online. Jungian Therapy looks at symbols, dreams, and personal meaning to help people understand deep patterns that shape their choices and feelings. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships influence current bonds and helps people change unhelpful interaction patterns. Client-Centered Therapy keeps the person’s experience central and emphasizes empathy, active listening, and the client’s own goals.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Karen will talk with each person about their concerns, goals, and preferences and then suggest methods that fit. Together they decide whether to emphasize meaning-making, relationship patterns, practical behavior changes, or a mix of these methods.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual connection matters. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a quick check-in. Live chat and text messaging make it possible to have shorter, more frequent touchpoints and to fit sessions into busy days. These options help people access therapy in ways that match their schedule and communication style.

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Questions people ask

What issues does Karen help people with?

She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting concerns, ADHD, and many life transitions and coping challenges.

What is her therapeutic style like?

She uses a calm, laid-back approach and centers the client's perspective. Sessions focus on practical steps and exploring meaning in life.

How long has she been practicing?

Karen has 27 years of clinical experience, including work in schools and correctional settings that informed her group and addiction work.

Where is she licensed and based?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with licensure in Texas and Louisiana and practices from Texas.

In what languages are sessions offered?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.

How does cost and payment work?

Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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