Karen Medlock
LCSW specializing in trauma, attachment, and family concerns
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About
Karen Medlock is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 27 years of practice and dual master degrees in Social Work and Theology. She has maintained licensure in Texas and Louisiana and brings a wide range of experience from classroom settings to institutional treatment programs. Her background includes teaching K–12 in Michigan and delivering group-based interventions and psychoeducational classes in correctional settings, including sexual offender treatment at Norton Correctional Center in Kansas.
Her work spans the life span, from early childhood through the eighth decade, and covers concerns such as trauma, PTSD, severe panic, grief and loss, addictions, relationship and attachment difficulties, parenting matters, and mood concerns. She uses several clinical frameworks while attending to each person where they are in life. She emphasizes collaboration, helping people identify and build on strengths while exploring difficult patterns and life transitions.
Known for a relaxed and steady approach, she is comfortable working with diverse cultural and sexual orientations and with individuals across many problem areas. Her practice integrates attachment-based perspectives, emotion-focused and cognitive strategies, and client-centered principles to assist people navigating change, healing from past wounds, or seeking clearer direction.
Her work spans the life span, from early childhood through the eighth decade, and covers concerns such as trauma, PTSD, severe panic, grief and loss, addictions, relationship and attachment difficulties, parenting matters, and mood concerns. She uses several clinical frameworks while attending to each person where they are in life. She emphasizes collaboration, helping people identify and build on strengths while exploring difficult patterns and life transitions.
Known for a relaxed and steady approach, she is comfortable working with diverse cultural and sexual orientations and with individuals across many problem areas. Her practice integrates attachment-based perspectives, emotion-focused and cognitive strategies, and client-centered principles to assist people navigating change, healing from past wounds, or seeking clearer direction.
- Location:
- Texas, United States
- Years Experience:
- 27
- Gender:
- Female
- Languages Spoken:
- English
- Therapist of Color:
- No
- Communication Options:
- Phone • Video • Live Chat • Messaging
Specialties
Primary area of focus:Stress, Anxiety, Grief, Parenting issues, Depression
Other areas of experience: Addictions, LGBT, Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Trauma and abuse, Sleeping disorders, Anger management, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Coping with life changes, Coaching, ADHD, Abandonment, Antisocial personality, Attachment issues, Blended family issues, Body image, Cancer, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Dependent personality, Dissociation, Divorce and separation, Domestic violence, Eating and food-related issues, Forgiveness, Impulsivity, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Paranoia, Personality disorders, Phobias, Post-traumatic stress, Sex addiction, Sexual dysfunction, Sexuality, Young adult issues
Therapeutic approach: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
Credentials & Verification
- Credentials: TX LCSW 52974, LA LCSW 11221
- NPI Number: 1427605419
- License: LCSW (Louisiana), LCSW (Texas)
Remote care tailored to personal needs
Karen integrates client-centered, cognitive behavioral, and attachment-based approaches into remote sessions, describing work that begins with listening and follows the client’s lead. In client-centered work she focuses on the person’s perspective and pacing, creating room for reflection and collaborative goal-setting. Cognitive behavioral tools are used to identify patterns of thought and behavior that contribute to anxiety, mood shifts, or sleep and eating concerns. Attachment-based ideas guide exploration of relational patterns and intimacy-related issues.
This blend of approaches is suited to people who want a collaborative therapist who helps them develop strengths while addressing practical challenges and deeper relationship dynamics. Sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so that people with varied schedules or differing comfort levels with technology can choose what fits them best.
Remote work follows the same clinical themes she uses in person: addressing trauma reactions and grief, supporting parenting and family matters, and working through addiction or coping with life changes, with attention to where each person is on their path.
What is Karen Medlock’s clinical background?
She has 27 years of professional experience, including teaching K–12 in Michigan and providing group-based treatment in correctional settings. Her clinical work has included trauma, PTSD, panic attacks, grief and loss, addictions, and psychoeducational groups.
What are her credentials and licenses?
Karen is an LCSW with licensure in Texas and Louisiana: TX LCSW 52974 and LA LCSW 11221.
Which languages does she use in sessions?
She conducts sessions in English.
Where is she based?
Her practice is based in Texas.
How can people work with her remotely?
Communication options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
Does she accept international clients?
No. She does not accept clients based outside of the country.
What is known about cost and billing?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability. Sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How does someone get started with her?
To begin, use the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire to connect with her.