Karina Fernandez, LCSW
Licensed in Tennessee · 16 years in practice
Karina Fernandez is a licensed clinical social worker with 16 years in mental health care.
License and registration
- LCSW, Tennessee
- 6768 · expires November 2027
- NPI
- 1790966182 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 16
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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About Karina
Karina Fernandez is a licensed clinical social worker with 16 years in mental health care. She earned a master's degree in social work and has spent more than a decade helping people manage depression, anxiety, trauma, and grief. Karina works in Tennessee and offers services in both English and Spanish.
She has experience supporting people affected by violent crime and complex loss. Her background includes work with survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, robbery, and homicide loss.
Background and approach
That experience informs how she approaches trauma and safety in sessions. Karina uses client-centered methods to shape each plan around a person’s needs. She draws from cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and build practical coping skills.
Dialectical behavior therapy and mindfulness techniques appear when emotional regulation and stress tolerance are priorities. Sessions focus on clear, manageable goals. Parents and caregivers will find help for sleep problems, changes in family life, caregiver stress, and communication struggles.
She also addresses issues such as codependency, abandonment, and compassion fatigue. People meet her for short-term problem solving or longer work when deeper healing is needed. Her approach aims to help people notice strengths, learn skills, and make steady changes.
Conversations are straightforward and paced to each person’s comfort level.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Karina lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Karina names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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Online support
Approaches used in online therapy and why they help
Karina commonly draws on client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and dialectical behavior therapy when working online. Client-centered therapy emphasizes collaboration and the person's own goals, so sessions focus on the issues the person brings and build on their strengths. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and teaches straightforward skills to reduce anxiety, depression, and unhelpful reactions. Dialectical behavior therapy offers concrete tools for managing intense emotions and improving communication and distress tolerance.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Karina will discuss goals and priorities during early sessions and together decide which methods fit best. She adapts techniques to the person's needs and checks in regularly to make sure the plan is helpful and realistic.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people see facial cues and practice skills in real time. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging support brief updates, skill practice, or ongoing conversations between appointments. These options make scheduling easier and help therapy fit into busy lives.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Karina help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem issues, addictions, relationship and family problems, sleep difficulties, parenting strain, and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She practices client-centered care and combines practical skill building with emotion-focused work. Sessions aim to set clear goals and teach coping skills that people can use between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
She brings 16 years of experience in mental health settings, including work with survivors of violent crime and people facing complex grief.
Where is she licensed and based?
Karina is a Tennessee LCSW and provides services while located in Tennessee.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
What session formats are offered?
She meets by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How are sessions paid for?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
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