Karen Crawley-Buckholtz

Karen Crawley-Buckholtz is a licensed clinician working in Maryland with two decades of experience. She holds a Master of Arts in counseling psychology and brings a practical, respectful style to sessions. Karen focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, and coping with life changes.

Her approach blends several methods so work in therapy matches each person's needs. She uses client-centered listening to understand what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy tools are offered to help change unhelpful patterns and build coping skills.

Karen also draws on mindfulness and psychodynamic ideas when they fit the client's goals. She has substantial experience with trauma and abuse, perinatal and postpartum depression, and issues connected to illness, hospice, and caregiving. This background informs how she supports people facing complex loss and chronic health challenges.

Clients often bring concerns about work, parenting, sleep, eating, self-esteem, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Karen works with LGBT concerns and a range of personality and mood presentations, including bipolar and avoidant or dependent patterns. She aims to help people find practical steps toward better day-to-day functioning.

She describes therapy as a collaborative process where the client’s strengths guide the work. To start, a person chooses the Start Therapy button, completes a short matching questionnaire, and then schedules based on the therapist's availability.

How therapeutic approaches shape online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's goals. It emphasizes the client's perspective and builds on their strengths to guide the work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to notice thoughts and change unhelpful patterns, which can help with anxiety, depression, sleep, and eating-related struggles. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers strategies for regulating intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness, useful for stress, relationship difficulties, and mood instability.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist partners with each person to identify which methods feel most useful. Goals, daily routines, and personal preferences help shape whether the work leans more on skill-building, reflective exploration, or mindfulness exercises.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make therapy easier to fit into busy lives by avoiding travel and allowing sessions during breaks or between commitments. It also makes it simpler to maintain continuity while managing caregiving, health needs, or work schedules. The therapist will help adapt session content and pacing so tools learned in therapy translate into everyday routines and small, achievable changes.