Karen Medlock, LCSW
Licensed in Louisiana · 27 years in practice
Karen Medlock is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 27 years of experience based in Texas.
License and registration
- LCSW, Louisiana
- 11221 · expires August 2026
- LCSW, Texas
- 52974 · expires February 2027
- NPI
- 1427605419 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 27
- Languages
- English
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About Karen
Karen Medlock is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 27 years of experience based in Texas. She holds two master's degrees, one in Social Work and one in Theology, and she brings a wide-ranging background to her work. Karen is calm and easygoing in session and focuses on meeting people where they are in life.
Her path includes decades of teaching from kindergarten through high school, and that classroom experience shaped her ability to communicate clearly with teens and adults.
Background and approach
She has also led groups and treatment programs in correctional settings, which contributed to her work supporting people with addiction and past harm. Those roles taught her skills in running groups and offering practical psychoeducational classes. In clinical work Karen pays close attention to relationships and attachment patterns.
She helps people dealing with grief, trauma, panic, and long-running stress respond in ways that feel manageable. She also works with concerns such as depression, anxiety, intimacy and relationship difficulties, and self-esteem problems. Her approach draws on several therapy styles to match a person's needs.
Sessions focus on building strengths, talking through difficult feelings, and developing concrete coping steps for everyday life. She describes herself as companionable on a client’s life journey and aims to help people try new strategies and perspectives. Karen uses multiple formats for sessions, including video calls, phone, live chat, and text messaging.
She offers work that balances practical tools with space to reflect, helping people move forward at their own pace.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Karen lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Karen names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How specific approaches translate to online work
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relationships shape feelings and expectations. Online sessions can help identify repeating patterns in relationships and try new ways of connecting or setting boundaries.Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s own experience and pace. The therapist follows the client’s concerns, listening and reflecting to help people find their own solutions and build confidence in everyday decisions.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is useful for anxiety, depression, panic, and many stress-related problems where concrete strategies help reduce symptoms.
Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adapt as needed. Clients and the therapist work together to see what helps most and adjust the plan over time.
Online formats offer flexibility and options to match life demands. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions remove the need for a camera, live chat works for quick check-ins, and text messaging can support brief daily reflections. These choices make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or family schedules and to keep continuity when plans change.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does this therapist help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, addiction, intimacy and relationship issues, parenting concerns, ADHD, bipolar concerns, and many other life challenges listed in her profile.
How would you describe the therapy style?
The approach is relaxed and collaborative. Sessions mix talking, practical coping steps, and strengths-building to help people try new ways of handling problems.
What is her professional background?
She has 27 years of experience, two master’s degrees - one in Social Work and one in Theology - and a long history teaching K–12 and running group programs in correctional settings.
Where is she licensed and located?
She holds LCSW credentials in Texas and Louisiana and is based in Texas.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does pricing and payment work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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