Karensa Lewis grew up in Texas and has lived in Colorado for 20 years. She recognizes that reaching out for a counselor can feel intimidating, and she welcomes the courage it takes to begin that process.

She brings 30 years of clinical experience to her work and holds a clinical social work license in Colorado, meaning she is authorized to practice as a licensed clinical social worker (license CSW.00991989). Her formal training includes a bachelor’s degree in social work from the State University of New York, a master’s degree in social work from the University of Houston, and a fellowship in individual counseling completed at Baylor College of Medicine.

Her professional background spans inpatient and outpatient psychiatric clinics, residential treatment settings, hospice work focused on end-of-life care and grief, human services programs supporting foster and adoptive parents, and programs serving military members and their families. For many years she has also maintained a private practice addressing a wide range of life challenges, including relationship and family conflicts, depression, healing from trauma or abuse, grief and loss, and concerns about one’s own mortality.

Her therapeutic style is interactive and she is open to feedback about what helps each person most. She uses a mix of approaches – cognitive-behavioral techniques, emotionally focused work, exploration of family-of-origin influences, and psychodynamic perspectives – adapting methods to the needs of the individual. She believes everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect, and she strives to be warm, compassionate, honest, and non-judgmental. She looks forward to discussing whether she would be a good fit for someone’s journey toward a more satisfying life.