Karen Winberry, LMFT
Experienced LMFT focused on emotional regulation and coping
Explore online therapy optionsWorks with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
How Karen works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 26
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Karen
Karen Winberry is a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with over 26 years in mental health work. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, anger, addiction, grief, and big life changes. Karen listens without judging and offers straightforward feedback to guide next steps.
She uses practical therapy methods that are adjusted to each person's needs. Sessions focus on building skills for managing strong emotions, coping with loss, and reducing substance-related harms.
Background and approach
She also supports people living with mood conditions such as bipolar disorder and other long-term challenges. Her approach blends client-centered conversation with structured tools. That means clients set goals and Karen brings techniques to reach them.
She teaches coping strategies and ways to handle conflict and relationship stress. Karen has worked across diverse communities and brings long experience with trauma-related concerns. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing is among the methods she uses when trauma memories cause ongoing distress.
Mindfulness and DBT-style skills are used to help with emotional regulation and staying present. People who choose Karen can expect a calm, direct style and a focus on practical change. Sessions are a place to talk through problems, learn new habits, and try small experiments that build confidence.
She aims to help people move toward clearer choices and better day-to-day coping.
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
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
Approaches Karen lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Trauma-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.
Approaches you can use in online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the client's lead so sessions reflect what matters most to them. It helps people clarify goals and feel heard while they try new ways of coping.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and offers step-by-step tools to change unhelpful patterns. It is often useful for anxiety, depression, anger, and stress management.
Dialectical behavior therapy, DBT, teaches practical skills for handling intense emotions, tolerating distress, and improving relationships. These skills are helpful when emotions feel overwhelming or when reactions cause repeated conflict.
Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try techniques, and adjust over time so the work matches needs and preferences.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and shared screens for worksheets. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit during a break. Live chat and text messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, skill practice, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life while working on practical skills and emotional regulation.
Questions people ask about Karen
What concerns does this therapist address?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, addiction, anger, grief, depression, relationship and parenting worries, LGBT concerns, trauma and other life changes.
How would you describe the therapy style?
The style is client-centered and direct, focusing on listening and then offering concrete strategies tailored to each person.
What is the therapist's background?
She has 26 years of experience in the mental health field and experience working with trauma and serious mood conditions.
What credentials and location apply?
She holds a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist credential (LMFT) and practices in California.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
Sessions can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule based on the therapist's availability.