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Karissa Thomas, LMSW
Relationships
Family conflicts
Trauma, Abuse
Eating disorders
Depression
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About me
Hi there! My name is Karissa and I am a Clinical Social Worker located in Michigan. My goal is to make you feel heard and understood - in order to help empower you to work through whatever struggle or stressor you may be dealing with. I come to you unrehearsed, with a non-judgmental, curious and genuine approach. I believe that you are the expert of your own experience and your own needs. I am practical and straight-forward, while also demonstrating compassion. I am not afraid to laugh with you as we go through our therapeutic journey together. Your honesty, openness and willingness to be vulnerable will be beautiful components of this process together.
Professional experience
7yrs in practice
Relationships
Family conflicts
Trauma, Abuse
Eating disorders
Depression
Additional areas of focus: Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, LGBT, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, Coaching, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Adoption and foster care, Aging and geriatric issues, Antisocial personality, Attachment issues, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Blended family issues, Body image, Cancer, Caregiver issues and stress, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Dependent personality, Dissociation, Divorce and separation, Domestic violence, Drug and alcohol addiction, Eating and food-related issues, Emptiness, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Fatherhood issues, Fertility issues, First responder issues, Forgiveness, Gender dysphoria, Guilt and shame, Hoarding, Hospice and end-of-life counseling, Immigration issues, Infidelity, Intellectual disability, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Men's issues, Midlife crisis, Veteran and Armed Forces Issues, Narcissism, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Personality disorders, Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Prejudice and discrimination, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-harm, Self-love, Sex addiction, Sexual assault and abuse, Sexual dysfunction, Sexuality, Social anxiety and phobia, Trichotillomania, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young adult issues
Clinical approaches: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Gottman Method, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems
License information
MI LMSW 6801108127
Reviews
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Attentive and thorough
Written on Feb 27, 2024 after therapy with Karissa for 1 year and 3 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, self esteem, and coping with life changes
Planet earth’s best therapist!
Written on Jan 23, 2024 after therapy with Karissa for 2 years and 4 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, family conflicts, sleeping disorders, self esteem, career difficulties, compassion fatigue, and adhd
Karissa has been a wonderful therapist to me over the last year. I’ve been able to come to terms with my loses and failures, and have started to improve my mental health. I would highly recommend her to anyone who requires support as she is kind, understanding, and always gives recommendations for next steps to take.
Written on Jan 10, 2024 after therapy with Karissa for 8 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, sleeping disorders, parenting issues, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, and coping with life changes
I've only recently started therapy but it's been an eye opening experience giving me better insight into my mental health and what I'm really going through. I'm really glad I started
Written on Mar 13, 2023 after therapy with Karissa for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, grief, intimacy-related issues, sleeping disorders, self esteem, coping with life changes, and adhd
Karissa has been truly lovely! I felt that I was in very safe hands and I can’t recommend or commend her services more.
Written on Mar 10, 2023 after therapy with Karissa for 3 weeks on issues concerning relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, eating disorders, self esteem, and adhd
Amazing therapist! So friendly and understanding! Has helped me tremendously
Written on Dec 20, 2022 after therapy with Karissa for 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, and eating disorders