Karen M. Sanders, LMHC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Clinicial Supervisor
Client Population:
Adults, Adolescents, Couples
Specialties:
Depression
Anxiety, including OCD, panic, work and school stress
Identity issues including LGBTQ+, ethnic and cultural, neurological differences
Creating meaning and living authentically
Life transitions
I've been doing this work for a long time. Long enough to have a pretty clear sense of what actually helps. What I keep coming back to is this: when people feel genuinely understood, something unlocks. Not fixed, not cured, but freed. Free to grow in the direction they actually want to go.
I work with teenagers, adults, and couples. Anxiety in all its forms brings many of my clients in: generalized anxiety, OCD, panic, work and school stress. Depression is part of almost every caseload I carry. I also work with life transitions, grief, anger, LGBTQ+ identity, cultural and ethnic identity, neurological differences, and chronic pain or illness.
My approach is relational and humanistic. I was trained at Seattle University in existential phenomenological psychology, and that background means I'm deeply interested in your individual experience rather than in fitting you into a template. The therapeutic relationship is where change actually happens. I bring openness, curiosity, and genuine respect to that relationship.
Depending on what you need, I draw from emotion focused therapy, mindfulness, and mind body approaches. For couples, I work to help partners understand each other more accurately and connect more honestly.
I hold a Master of Arts in Existential Phenomenological Psychology from Seattle University.
Whatever's brought you here, I'd love to explore it together.