Karen Simms

Karen Simms is a licensed mental health clinician with 19 years of practice who works with adults navigating transitions and relational challenges. She welcomes clients of all identities and pays particular attention to people from communities that have faced exclusion or inequity. Her work often addresses stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy concerns, self-esteem, addictions, grief, trauma and abuse, sleep difficulties, parenting, career transitions, and mood conditions such as depression and bipolar disorder.

Karen’s background includes attention to attachment and family dynamics, and she offers focused support for issues such as abandonment, blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, infertility and fertility concerns, and recovery from infidelity. She also attends to multicultural concerns, chronic illness and disability, pregnancy and childbirth, and post-traumatic stress. Her training spans several clinical approaches, including Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy.

Clients who seek Karen often want a collaborative process that centers their goals and values while exploring patterns that affect relationships and well-being. She practices in Ohio and holds licensure as an LMHC and an LPCC.