Karen Bruce Chenier (she/her)

Eclectic

My approach is eclectic or multi-modal. I borrow from various treatment traditions and philosophies when counseling clients. I use sound, reliable research on the efficaciousness of different treatment approaches to support my client's wellness and health goals.

Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)

Cognitive-behavioral approaches focus on working with clients to understand their thought patterns, the core beliefs that underlie those thought patterns, and the behaviors resulting from these patterns and ideas.

Depth Therapy

Depth psychotherapy focuses on helping the client access and better understand thoughts, feelings, and images that are not fully conscious. Depth psychology integrates internal and external experiences so one can move without fear toward finding purpose and meaning in life. The client is invited to be curious about these experiences, thoughts, feelings, actions, and dreams in a respectful, welcoming, and safe environment.

Premarital Counseling

As a couple's therapist, we work together to better your relationship, find solutions to specific problems, reduce feelings of distress, cultivate ways to connect within yourself and enhance communication skills. We will practice ways to increase kindness toward yourself and each other so you both can experience peace and adventure.

Depression

I have experience in symptom reduction approaches that focus on clearly identifying the symptoms the client wishes to shift and reduce and creating an individualized approach to depression. I use Cognitive Behavior Therapies and a collaborative approach to meet clients where they are while working toward increasing coping skills and functioning.

Anxiety

I use cognitive-behavioral approaches to understand thought patterns and the core beliefs that can underlie distressing behaviors and anxiety. The client learns to tolerate fear and anxiety without moving into old triggered responses of avoidance, withdrawal, and self-medication and builds the capacity to manage and navigate uncertainty.

Self-Esteem

The client is invited to openly and honestly share the situation(s), which may cause a negative self-view. I also use cognitive-behavioral approaches to understand thought patterns and the core beliefs underlying negative self-perception. I also use depth psychotherapy approaches that focus on helping the client access feelings and images that are not fully conscious of improving self-acceptance and esteem and replacing their negative view of self so they can confidently move forward.