Karla Garcia-Velez

Karla Garcia-Velez is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Colorado with seven years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship concerns, career doubts, and life transitions. She also supports people dealing with addiction, ADHD, compassion fatigue, sleep problems, and issues related to aging or serious illness. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.

Karla adapts her style to the person in front of her. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and hypnotherapy as useful tools. In practice that looks like helping someone notice what matters, try new behaviors, and test small changes between sessions.

She combines problem-focused work with skills practice. That can mean building strategies for anxiety, shaping routines to improve sleep, or planning next steps after a job change. Karla also offers support for people coping with caregiving strain, cancer-related concerns, and end-of-life decisions, using practical steps and clear goals.

Her approach involves checking what is most helpful and adjusting methods as therapy progresses. Conversations are straightforward and goal-oriented. She helps people set short-term tasks and tracks progress over time.

People who prefer sessions in Spanish can work with her in that language. For practical next steps, visitors are encouraged to use the site process to match and schedule a first session.

How therapeutic approaches translate to remote sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters to the client and taking committed steps toward those values. It helps when someone is stuck deciding what to prioritize after a life change or wants to act despite anxiety. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) works by identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing different behaviors to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. It is useful for anxiety, sleep problems, and mood shifts. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and stronger communication, which can help with impulsivity, relationship strain, and overwhelm.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit current needs and goals. That might mean starting with skill-building exercises, then adding values-focused or mindfulness-based practices as progress is made.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and let people choose sessions that match their energy and schedule. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, homework, and skills practice to work well in remote sessions so clients can continue practical work between meetings.