Kari Wright, LMSW

Kari Wright is a licensed social worker with two decades of experience helping people through hard times. She offers straightforward, empathetic care and focuses on practical steps that can make daily life easier. Kari aims to be a steady partner who listens closely and responds to what each person brings to sessions.

Her usual tools include cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, and EMDR. She uses these methods to help people manage symptoms of depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, and addiction. Sessions often mix talk, skill practice, and goal-setting so clients leave with specific things to try between meetings.

Kari emphasizes clear communication in the room. She reflects what she hears, gives honest feedback, and helps people see different perspectives. Therapy is described as a teamwork effort where progress comes from the plan they build together.

She has a broad clinical background across areas such as parenting stress, relationship and intimacy concerns, ADHD, chronic illness, and career transitions. Kari also supports people dealing with loss, caregiving strain, body image, and attachment issues. Her experience covers both short-term problem solving and longer-term personal work.

Kari works with adults who want practical strategies alongside emotional support. She explains options plainly and encourages questions about the process. To get started, people complete a short questionnaire and schedule a time to meet that fits their life.

How Kari uses evidence-based approaches online

CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with small experiments and new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression. DBT, dialectical behavior therapy, teaches skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships through techniques such as grounding, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. EMDR, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, helps people who carry distress from traumatic memories by combining focused memory work with bilateral stimulation and processing.

Choosing the best approach is a team effort. Kari helps clients weigh their goals, symptoms, and preferences and then tries methods that fit. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan so the work stays relevant and practical for each person.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and shared visual cues, phone sessions work when bandwidth is low or a camera isn’t desired, and live chat or text-based messaging can support quick check-ins, coaching, or shorter progress notes between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to use approaches like CBT, DBT, or EMDR in formats that match a client’s routine.