About Karen
Karen Mohammed-Perry is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor practicing in New York with 25 years of professional experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, depression, trauma, low self-esteem, motivation struggles, and relationship or intimacy issues. Her approach is practical and person-focused, aimed at small steps someone can use day to day.
Karen uses a mix of familiar methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness techniques, and motivational interviewing.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on real-life problems and skills you can practice between meetings. She adapts the pace and tools to what a client needs in the moment. She has advanced graduate training and additional post-master’s coursework in treatment for alcohol and drug use.
That background informs her work with substance-related concerns and co-occurring issues. Karen combines clinical knowledge with a straightforward, respectful manner. Her style emphasizes listening first, then building a plan together.
Conversations aim to uncover patterns, shift unhelpful thinking, and build coping habits. She places importance on cultural sensitivity and treating each person with compassion. Sessions are offered in English and can be arranged as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling based on availability.
Approaches and online options for skill building
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on creating a respectful, nonjudgmental space where a person’s goals drive the work. This approach helps when someone needs support naming priorities, building confidence, and making decisions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful thought patterns and develop better coping for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems.
Mindfulness Therapy offers simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus. It can be useful for managing cravings, rumination, and emotional overwhelm.
Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals and try methods that fit your needs and preferences. Each plan is adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skill demonstration. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth or being on camera is difficult. Live chat or text messaging can support quick check-ins, coaching between sessions, and flexible ways to share thoughts during a busy day.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English