About Karishma
Karishma Samaroo helps people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, or the fallout from trauma. She writes in a clear, direct way and focuses on practical steps people can use between sessions. Karishma is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor - LMHC based in New York and has nine years of experience.
She works with adults who struggle with addiction, co-occurring mental health concerns, and life events that disrupt daily functioning.
Background and approach
In sessions she listens for what feels most urgent, then breaks problems into manageable pieces. Clients can expect a mix of short-term strategies and deeper reflection. Karishma most often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify habits of thought and behavior that keep people stuck.
She also draws on Motivational Interviewing to boost commitment to change and psychodynamic ideas to look at patterns that repeat over time. These tools are used together to match a person’s needs. In practice she helps people with issues like abandonment and attachment worries, body image problems, chronic illness or pain, family-of-origin concerns, communication problems, and coping after disasters or loss.
She also supports people dealing with substance use, domestic violence, divorce, guilt, or end-of-life concerns. Sessions focus on concrete goals, skill building, and clearer understanding of what drives behavior. Karishma aims to make therapy straightforward and useful so people can notice progress in day-to-day life.
How Karishma’s Approaches Work Online
Karishma uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. CBT focuses on practical exercises that can be practiced between sessions to reduce anxiety and improve mood.She also uses Motivational Interviewing to support people who feel stuck about change. This method helps clarify personal goals and strengthens motivation to act, which can be useful for substance use, health changes, or sticking with treatment.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Karishma will talk with each person about goals, needs, and preferences and then tailor techniques from CBT, Motivational Interviewing, and psychodynamic ideas. The plan can change as progress is made so the work stays relevant.
Online therapy makes it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when useful, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier on the go, and live chat or text-based messaging support quick check-ins, brief coaching, or ongoing encouragement between appointments. These options help people keep momentum and access care in ways that suit their schedules and energy levels.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English