Karen Buroff

Karen Buroff is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 15 years of experience. She practices in California and helps people who are coping with stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, relationship strain, and life changes including career shifts and questions about purpose.

She has a long history of working with people affected by trauma and with military members and veterans. Her background includes supporting those who have experienced physical injury or emotional abuse, and helping people manage persistent mental health conditions and mood concerns such as bipolar disorder.

Karen uses several practical approaches in sessions. She draws on Client-Centered methods to keep conversations focused on each person’s priorities. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Mindfulness techniques are offered as tools for managing stress, anxiety, and sleep problems.

Her style is interactive and strength-focused. Sessions tend to be collaborative conversations that identify small, doable steps toward change. She also applies trauma-focused care when past events are affecting daily life, and uses solution-focused strategies to set short-term goals for immediate concerns like panic, substance use, or relationship problems.

People who come to her often want practical help with work-life balance, parenting stress, addictions, grief, or questions about life purpose. She speaks English and is available to work with clients across state lines in accordance with licensing rules, including international clients when permitted.

How her approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on following the client's priorities and making sessions about what matters most to them. Online sessions can keep that emphasis by using conversation to identify immediate concerns and next steps.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) lays out concrete links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and gives practical exercises to try between sessions. Delivered online, CBT often relies on short skill-building tasks and brief homework to practice new ways of thinking and behaving.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce stress and manage anxiety and sleep problems. These techniques can be introduced in a session and practiced during short daily moments outside therapy.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with clients to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences, and will adjust plans as needs change. That collaborative decision making helps when someone is unsure what direction to take next.

The therapist's biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current online options before booking. Many people appreciate online sessions because they can fit appointments into a workday, avoid travel time, or use shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. Others choose formats that require less bandwidth or camera time depending on what works practically for them.