Karlee Shave

Karlee Shave is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) in Michigan with six years of clinical experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and supporting LGBT clients. Karlee often works with adolescents and young adults and brings practical skills to conversations about motivation and self-image.

Karlee uses a mix of attachment-based work, client-centered methods, and cognitive behavioral techniques. She aims to help people notice patterns that keep them stuck and to build small, doable changes. Sessions emphasize clear, practical tools and chances to talk through difficult feelings.

Her style centers on collaboration. Clients set the pace and goals, and Karlee offers guidance, problem-solving, and skill practice. She addresses relationship themes such as attachment, abandonment, and communication problems alongside mood concerns like emptiness or low self-esteem.

Karlee also has experience with issues related to autism and Asperger Syndrome, caregiver stress, body image, dissociation, domestic violence, and family of origin problems. She can talk through co-occurring conditions and how they interact with daily life.

In session, Karlee helps clients map what’s working and what isn’t, then chooses techniques that fit the person and situation. She explains tools simply and checks in about how they feel to use them. Her goal is to support people who feel stuck or uncertain about the next step in work or life.

How attachment work and CBT are used in online sessions

Karlee draws on attachment-based approaches to look at how early relationship patterns shape current relationships and feelings of abandonment or emptiness. That work helps when people keep repeating the same relationship behaviors or feel stuck in how they connect with others.

She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on the connections between thoughts, feelings, and actions. CBT provides clear exercises to test unhelpful beliefs and to build coping skills for anxiety, depression, and low motivation.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Karlee talks with each person about what they want to change and helps decide whether attachment work, CBT, or client-centered support fits best. She checks in and adjusts methods based on how the person responds.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when time is tight, or offer a way to meet without commuting. Licensed professionals can use different formats to match someone’s schedule and needs, and Karlee will discuss practical arrangements when you schedule.