Karen Slaton, LPC
Calm guidance for stress, grief, and addiction
Details
| Name | Karen Slaton |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LPC |
| Based in | South Carolina |
| Licensed in | South Carolina |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 10 |
About Karen
Karen Slaton is a licensed professional counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and depression. She speaks plainly and listens closely to what matters most to each person. Her approach aims to make difficult feelings easier to talk about and manage one step at a time.
Karen focuses on everyday struggles like caregiver stress, isolation, guilt, and trouble communicating. She also works with people dealing with divorce, addiction, end-of-life concerns, and challenges tied to aging.
Background and approach
Sessions are intended to help clients name problems, notice patterns, and try small, practical changes. Her style blends narrative ideas with acceptance and commitment principles and cognitive-behavioral tools. That means she helps clients tell the stories that shape their lives, notice unhelpful thoughts, and choose actions that match their values.
She keeps language simple and practical so steps forward feel doable. Clients can expect a respectful, collaborative relationship. Karen uses a client-centered stance that follows each person’s pace and priorities.
Sessions look different depending on the issue - sometimes skill-building, sometimes deep listening, sometimes working through meaning and choices. She brings ten years of clinical experience and holds the Licensed Professional Counselor credential, LPC. Her work is offered for people in South Carolina and is conducted in English.
The focus is on steady progress and clearer choices rather than quick fixes.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Grief among the things Karen works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Grief
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Karen among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Karen among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Karen among the ways she works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by Karen among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Karen among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Karen among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Karen directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Karen directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How narrative and action-focused therapies work online
Many of Karen's sessions draw on Narrative Therapy, which helps people rewrite the stories that shape their day-to-day feelings and choices. Narrative work is useful for issues like grief, shame, and patterns that feel stuck because it separates the person from the problem and opens up new possibilities.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, to help people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting controlled by them. ACT focuses on identifying values and taking small actions that move someone toward a meaningful life, which fits problems such as anxiety and addiction.
The right approach is often found together. Karen works collaboratively to match methods to a client's goals, needs, and preferences. That can mean combining narrative conversations with ACT exercises or adding cognitive-behavioral techniques when helpful.
Online sessions are available by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls are good for deeper conversations, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging lets people reflect between sessions. These options make scheduling easier and help therapy fit into busy days without extra travel.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does this therapist address?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, and depression. Additional focus areas include caregiver stress, aging issues, communication problems, and isolation.
What is her therapeutic style like?
The style is warm and collaborative. Sessions mix listening with practical steps and gentle challenges to help people make changes that fit their lives.
How much experience does she have?
She has ten years of clinical experience working with a range of emotional and behavioral concerns.
What credentials and location apply to her practice?
She holds the Licensed Professional Counselor credential, LPC, and practices in South Carolina.
Which languages are supported and are international clients taken?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered online?
Therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
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