Karlee Young, LPC

Karlee Young is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, and major life changes. She works with concerns like depression, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and career or family stress. Karlee draws on nine years of counseling experience and approaches clients with warmth and straightforward care.

Karlee earned a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from California University of Pennsylvania. Early in her career she worked in the addictions field, supporting adults and adolescents through substance use challenges and family substance use concerns. Later she shifted into grief work and noticed a common theme: helping people navigate change and regain a sense of control.

Her sessions emphasize trust, empathy, and honesty. Karlee uses a person-centered stance to build a strong working relationship and help clients feel heard. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and try practical, real-world changes.

Motivational interviewing and mindfulness practices are other tools she offers to support change and increase awareness. She aims to help people notice their own thoughts, feelings, and beliefs so they can find solutions that fit their life. Overall, Karlee focuses on the whole person, including emotional, physical, and social factors.

Karlee welcomes questions about her background and approach. She encourages people to find a therapist who fits their needs and goals, whether that is with her or another clinician.

Practical therapy approaches for online care

Karlee often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which helps people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and test new ways of responding. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and challenges that benefit from concrete strategies and behavioral experiments.

She also practices Client-Centered Therapy, focusing on empathy, active listening, and building a trusting relationship. This approach helps people feel understood while they explore values, grief, or life changes. Motivational Interviewing is another tool she uses to support readiness for change by helping people clarify their goals and find internal reasons to act.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Karlee will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, preferences, and daily life. She adapts techniques over time based on what helps most.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and deeper conversation, phone can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, chat works for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make therapy more flexible for work, family, or caregiving schedules.