Holistic Jungian therapist specializing in trauma and relationships
I am licensed in Maryland and Virginia with 19 years of professional work experience. I hold a BA in psychology from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, and a MA in counseling psychology from Bowie State University. I am a Certified Grief Informed Professional. I also have extensive training and experience in grief and loss, stress and anxiety, depression, trauma, perinatal and postpartum depression, relationship issues, hospice, illness and disability issues, cultural diversity /special populations, working with first responders, and meeting the unique needs of active duty military and veterans. I believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. I am eclectic in my clinical approach and will adapt to to your needs in choosing therapeutic approaches and in assisting you in developing treatment goals to meet your unique and specific needs. I believe you know your needs better than anyone. I also believe that you have many strengths that with support, will be tools you can use in overcoming the things that challenge you. Taking the first step to sign up for therapy takes courage, and I am here if you are ready to get started.
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Karen Crawley-Buckholtz is a licensed clinician based in Maryland with 20 years of professional experience. She holds a BA in psychology from the University of Maryland Baltimore County and an MA in counseling psychology from Bowie State University, and she is a Certified Grief Informed Professional.
She is licensed in Maryland as a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC, license LC2622) and in Virginia as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC, license 0701014372). Her clinical work includes care for stress and anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, depression, perinatal and postpartum depression, hospice and illness-related issues, and support for eating and sleeping difficulties.
Karen also works with families, parenting and intimacy-related issues, self-esteem and career concerns, bipolar disorder, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and the challenges of coping with life changes. She brings experience supporting first responders as well as active duty military members and veterans, and she attends to cultural diversity and the needs of special populations.
She approaches people with respect, sensitivity, and compassion and uses an eclectic clinical style, adapting therapeutic methods to fit each person. Karen believes that individuals understand their own needs and that many have strengths which, with appropriate support, can become tools for overcoming challenges. Taking that first step to begin therapy takes courage, and she is available when someone is ready to get started.
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