Karen Buroff, LCSW

Karen Buroff is a licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of experience helping people navigate major life challenges. She offers a warm, interactive style and focuses on building on each person's strengths. Her work is trauma-informed and practical, aimed at helping clients find clearer choices and better daily coping skills.

She commonly supports people managing stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma from a variety of sources. Her background includes work with military members and veterans, and she also helps people dealing with grief, addiction, relationship strain, sleep or eating difficulties, and career transitions. She addresses both co-occurring concerns and more complex presentations where several issues overlap.

Karen uses client-centered methods along with cognitive behavioral and mindfulness-based tools. She also draws on solution-focused and trauma-focused approaches to shape concrete steps and coping strategies. Sessions focus on clear goals, practical skills, and building resilience over time.

Her practice emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion. Conversations are tailored to each person so the pace and focus match their needs. She helps clients set manageable goals and develop skills for everyday life.

If someone is ready to make a change, Karen supports them through the process of identifying priorities and practicing new behaviors. She encourages gradual steps and regular check-ins to track progress and adjust plans as needed.

How Karen’s Approaches Translate to Online Work

Client-centered therapy places the client’s goals and values at the center of sessions. The therapist listens closely, reflects concerns, and helps people choose steps that feel right for them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical behavior changes; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and panic symptoms. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus, which can help with stress and coping.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and preferences. Plans are revisited over time so techniques evolve as goals change.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm available options before booking. Many people find online work convenient because it can make scheduling easier, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins between in-person sessions. Online sessions can also let someone continue care when life changes make meeting in person harder. Licensed professionals use these approaches to provide focused skill-building and problem-solving in ways that fit everyday routines.