Karen Crawley-Buckholtz

About me

I am licensed in Maryland with 19 years of professional work experience. I hold a BA in psychology from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, and a MA in counseling psychology from Bowie State University. I have experience in helping couples in stressed or disrupted relationships due to issues such as financial conflict, fertility issues, infidelity, parenting issues, blended families, and domestic violence. The bond between couples can be strained or disconnected. I believe that couples can mend or reconnect with each other, with support, if that is what they chose. In couples therapy often the goal is to maintain and improve the relationship. Other times the goal is to separate from each other with least amount of conflict, and if there are children, with the ability to successfully co-parent. I assist couples in establishing treatment goals that help to repair trust, improve communication, develop a better understanding of the roadblocks in their relationship and strengthen their emotional intimacy with each other. My primary treatment technique with couples is a blend of reflective listening and solution focused therapy with other strategies added as appropriate for each couple. I understand how difficult it can be to reach out for help for your relationship. It takes strength and courage to say "we need help". If you are ready to take the next step, I would be be happy to help you.

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Specialties

• Stress, Anxiety
• Relationships
• Trauma, Abuse
• Grief
• Depression

Also experienced in:
LGBT , Family conflicts , Intimacy-related issues , Eating disorders , Sleeping disorders , Parenting issues , Self esteem , Career difficulties , Bipolar disorder , Coping with life changes , Compassion fatigue , ADHD , Aging and geriatric issues , Avoidant personality , Blended family issues , Body image , Cancer , Caregiver issues and stress , Chronic pain, illness, and disability , Co-morbidity , Commitment issues , Communication problems , Coping with natural or human-caused disaster , Dependent personality , Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD) , Dissociation , Eating and food-related issues , Family of origin issues , Family problems , Fertility issues , First responder issues , Gender dysphoria , Guilt and shame , Hearing impaired , HIV / AIDS , Hoarding , Hospice and end-of-life counseling , Infidelity , Intellectual disability , Isolation / loneliness , Midlife crisis , Veteran and Armed Forces Issues , Money and financial issues , Mood disorders , Multicultural concerns , Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD , Panic disorder and panic attacks , Phobias , Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships , Postpartum depression , Post-traumatic stress , Prejudice and discrimination , Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling) , Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) , Self-harm , Sexual assault and abuse , Sexuality , Social anxiety and phobia , Somatization , Trichotillomania , Women's issues , Young adult issues Read more...

Clinical approaches:
Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Somatic Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy

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Services offered

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  Messaging
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  Phone
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  Video

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Licensing

MD LCPC LC2622

VA LPC 0701014372

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Reviews

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