Karishma Samaroo

Karishma Samaroo is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in New York with nine years of professional experience. She works with adults who are feeling stuck by stress, anxiety, grief, low self esteem, trauma, and depression. Her practice also addresses concerns such as addiction, motivation, and co-occurring mental health issues.

She uses straightforward talk therapy to help people identify the problems that keep repeating. Sessions look at thoughts, behaviors, and patterns that feed feelings like anger, sadness, or emptiness. That practical focus aims to make day-to-day life more manageable and to open options for change.

Karishma draws on cognitive behavioral methods to map how thoughts influence mood and actions. She also uses motivational interviewing to help people find what will actually move them forward. Psychodynamic ideas are woven in to consider how past relationships and early experiences shape current responses.

Her experience includes working with adults facing addiction, complex emotional concerns, and overlapping mental health challenges. She talks through coping tools, communication strategies, and ways to rebuild confidence after setbacks. Sessions are oriented toward clear steps rather than abstract concepts.

People who reach out can expect a direct approach that looks for practical adjustments and meaningful next steps. The work focuses on understanding patterns, reducing day-to-day distress, and helping people consider how they want to move ahead.

How her approaches translate to online work

Karishma draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT is practical and often focuses on small, testable changes to reduce anxiety, lift mood, and improve daily routines.

She also uses motivational interviewing, which is a collaborative way to build readiness for change. That approach helps people clarify what matters to them and to find steps they feel ready to try.

Finding the right blend of approaches is part of the work. Karishma will help clients consider their needs, goals, and preferences and then adapt methods together. The plan can shift as new information emerges during sessions, and the therapist will check in about what is or is not working.

Confirm the specific session formats before booking because the biography does not list them. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during a workday, or avoiding the need to be on camera for every meeting. These practical benefits can help people keep therapy consistent while they test changes in daily routines.