Karen Lacy

I am an affirming therapist who will respect your identity and relationship.

I have training treating people who have experienced acute and prolonged trauma. I am trained in EMDR, an evidenced based protocol to treat trauma and PTSD.

Many clients have experienced trauma in their past. Trauma is often the root cause of their struggles, whether they realize it or not. Trauma therapy can provide the space and guidance for you to identify unhealthy behavioral patterns in your life. As these patterns are identified, you can begin explore pathways toward healthier living. I am a trauma-informed therapist with expertise in treating PTSD, with a number of client having had ongoing or multiple traumas in their lives.

Sometimes, particularly for LGBTQIA people, you might feel like you have to put aside some of your identities to get the help you need. You don’t want to be deadnamed, misgendered, or have to avoid using your partner’s pronouns in therapy. Whether you want to focus directly on exploring gender or sexuality or need a space where your identities are a non-issue so you can do other work, I am here for you.

I have worked with clients who have struggled with anxiety in their day to day life. I understand how terrifying and consuming it can feel to have negative intrusive thoughts and fears that seem irrational.

CBT is useful in the treatment of a variety of issues. Thoughts are powerful, so learning to notice them, identifying distorted thinking patterns, and learning to reframe thoughts can be beneficial.

Do you struggle with intense mood swings, struggle with making and keeping relationships, feel impulsive, seeming to self sabotage. Odds are these issues run deep and that is why as a Certified Dialectical Behavioral Therapist, this is a modality of therapy that I use often in nearly all my therapy sessions. This style allows for me to be flexible and meet people where they are at. DBT aligns with my values of continuing to improve on our ability to be mindful. Responding vs reacting!

EMDR is one therapeutic modality to help individuals work through impacts of past trauma. I find this method particularly helpful as clients do not need to share intimate details of their traumatic experiences while utilizing EMDR. Change also continues to occur between sessions and positive beliefs about the self can be enhanced more quickly through EMDR.