- Depression and anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Life purpose focus
About Karly
Karly Shreders is a Florida licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 19 years of clinical experience. She focuses on depression, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, and stress. Karly also lists life purpose among her areas of focus and supports people facing major life changes.
She works with adults dealing with transitions such as career shifts, changes in relationships, and health-related life changes. Karly is comfortable addressing abandonment and attachment concerns, adoption and foster care issues, and challenges tied to aging or caregiving. She also helps people who face chronic illness, body image struggles, or communication and commitment problems.
Karly describes her approach as collaborative and faith-sensitive. In sessions she helps people talk through feelings, identify patterns that keep them stuck, and build practical coping strategies. She emphasizes skills people can use between sessions to manage anxiety, mood, and stress.
Her work includes attention to trauma-affected concerns and rebuilding self-esteem after difficult events. Karly notes experience with autism and Asperger Syndrome related issues, avoidant personality traits, blended family matters, and codependency. She supports people navigating grief when illness or cancer affect their lives.
Karly uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and aims to match approach to each person’s needs. Sessions are offered in English and she practices in Florida. For those interested in starting, she asks clients to use the site process to complete a short questionnaire and schedule a first session.
Approaches for goal-focused online work
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques are central to her work. One common approach involves practical skills for anxiety and depression - identifying unhelpful thoughts, testing them, and practicing new behavioral responses to reduce worry and low mood. This helps people who feel stuck by giving concrete steps to change daily patterns.Another approach focuses on trauma-informed strategies that address how past events affect current relationships and self-worth. These methods include grounding techniques and gradual processing so people can manage strong emotions while working through difficult memories.
Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the work together. She will discuss options and adjust techniques based on the person's goals, needs, and preferences. That means checking what helps, changing directions when something isn’t working, and agreeing on practical steps to try between sessions.
The therapist’s biography does not specify session formats here, so confirm the available options before booking. Online work can make fitting sessions into a busy life easier by reducing travel, allowing a quicker check-in on a lunch break, or enabling phone-only sessions when bandwidth is limited. Licensed professionals use these formats to help people keep continuity of care while balancing everyday responsibilities.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
19+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She focuses on depression, anxiety, relationship dynamics, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, and stress. Additional areas include caregiving strain, chronic illness, and communication problems.
How does she work with people who feel stuck?
She uses a collaborative, faith-sensitive approach to help people identify patterns and build practical coping strategies. Sessions emphasize skills to use between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 19 years of experience as a clinician working with adults on life transitions, trauma-related concerns, and mood disorders.
What credential does she hold and where does she practice?
She is a Florida LMHC and practices in Florida.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list session formats. Confirm current session options through the booking process before scheduling.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.