Karen Richardson, LMFT
Compassionate therapist focused on emotional regulation
Explore online therapy optionsWorks with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
How Karen works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- Kentucky, Florida, South Carolina
- Years in practice
- 24
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Karen
Karen Richardson is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 24 years in behavioral health. She draws on a mix of practical therapies to help people manage strong emotions, reduce stress, and repair important relationships. Her work includes support for anger, anxiety, depression, addiction, and grief.
Her background spans inpatient and outpatient care, community mental health centers, and in-home services. She has also worked in criminal detention, family court support, and intensive outpatient programs for people with co-occurring substance use and mental health needs.
Background and approach
This range gives her experience with complex situations and crisis-related stress. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Furman University and a master’s degree from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, plus a post-master’s certificate in marriage and family therapy from the University of Louisville. These academic steps led to licensure as an LMFT in Florida and South Carolina.
In sessions she uses plain, actionable methods drawn from approaches like cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. She also integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-based ideas when they fit a person’s goals. The emphasis is on skills people can try between sessions.
She can bring a Christian perspective into therapy when requested. That option is offered alongside evidence-informed techniques to address mood disorders, trauma, parenting stresses, relationship strain, and anger concerns.
What Karen works with
Everything Karen lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Karen's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Karen lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then take steps that match their values. It can help with anxiety, anger, and life transitions by teaching flexible responses rather than avoidance. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and anger management. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationships shape current reactions and helps people develop safer, steadier ways of relating to others.Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences, and what feels useful, then try approaches that match those aims. Work is adapted over time based on what helps most, with a focus on real-world skills and small experiments between sessions.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for more in-depth conversations and skill practice. Phone sessions can fit into a work break or be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins, step-by-step skill coaching, or follow-up between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around school, work, or caregiving demands.
Questions people ask about Karen
What concerns does this therapist help with?
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, anger, addictions, grief, relationship and parenting challenges, and a range of mood and trauma-related issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
The approach is practical and skills-focused, using methods from CBT, DBT, ACT, attachment-based work, and client-centered therapy to teach coping and emotion regulation.
What kind of experience does she bring?
She has 24 years in behavioral health, including inpatient and outpatient settings, community mental health, in-home work, and intensive outpatient programs for co-occurring needs.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist credential - LMFT - and practices from Florida with past licensure in South Carolina noted as SC LMFT and FL LMFT.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.