Karen Kavaloski, LPC, LPCC

Karen Kavaloski brings a deep well of professional and personal experience to her counseling work, blending nearly three decades of nursing with 17 years focused on mental health and recovery. She earned her initial counseling license in 2009, granted by the State of North Carolina while she was working in Arizona, after making a deliberate career change from a long nursing career. She holds LPC and LPCC credentials - Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor - and has continued expanding her education with a Masters in Business Administration and a Doctorate in Christian Ministries.

Karen has concentrated much of her practice on trauma and substance abuse within the adult population, with several years supporting teenagers in these areas and about five years working with prison reentry and families affected by incarceration in state and federal systems. Her clinical toolbox includes solution-focused techniques, internal systems approaches, mindfulness and compassion-based therapies, cognitive and cognitive behavioral methods, dialectical therapy, emotional freedom techniques, and neurolinguistic strategies. She is also the author and publisher of self-help materials in the Sacred Self Workbook Series.

Her life experience informs her work - she was a Marine wife for nearly 30 years, has three children and five grandchildren, and has navigated personal challenges including cancer and supporting family members with severe autism. Karen emphasizes the client as the expert in their own life and encourages active participation in healing and growth, supporting individuals and families as they build stronger foundations. In her free time she reads, prays or meditates, gardens, and maintains a routine of light daily exercise.