Karen Sumpter, LMSW

Karen Sumpter is a Licensed Master Social Worker who brings 30 years of clinical experience to her practice. She is a cancer survivor and speaks from personal experience with trauma, anxiety, and depression. Karen focuses on helping adults and older adults navigate difficult life moments and health challenges. Her style is warm, straightforward, and compassionate.

Karen takes a person-centered, holistic approach. Early sessions include a clear review of procedures, fees, and communication, plus an assessment to outline goals. She works with each person to build a step-by-step plan that feels manageable and realistic.

Her work draws from several methods, including cognitive behavioral approaches, acceptance and commitment strategies, mindfulness techniques, motivational interviewing, and client-centered care. She adapts interventions to a person’s needs rather than using a one-size-fits-all plan.

Karen often helps people facing anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem, and mood disorders. She also focuses on aging and geriatric concerns, cancer, and chronic pain, illness, and disability. Sessions aim to strengthen decision-making, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Throughout therapy she emphasizes practical steps and real-life application. Sessions usually focus on clear goals, learning tools to manage symptoms, and building routines that support longer-term well-being.

How therapy approaches work in online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on values and small committed actions that move a person toward a more meaningful life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors link together and teaches practical techniques to change unhelpful patterns. Client-Centered Therapy centers the conversation on the person's experience, using empathy and active listening to help people find their own solutions and build confidence.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss needs, goals, and preferences and together you will decide which methods to try. That collaborative process can include trying different techniques and adjusting the plan as progress is made.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule and reduce travel time. It can also allow for shorter check-ins when a quick touch-base is useful, or video or phone conversations when in-person meetings are not practical. Because this profile does not list specific session formats, confirm current options before booking so you know what is available for scheduling and how sessions will be conducted.