she/her
Karen BarakLMFT
Nice to meet you
Feeling stuck in patterns of anxiety, trauma, addiction, shame, or relationship struggles? I specialize in PTSD/CPTSD, attachment, recovery, and generational trauma, helping you uncover patterns, understand their origins, and create change. These responses often began as ways to survive. My individualized approach integrates attachment, MRI/strategic therapy, IFS-informed and somatic work, nervous-system regulation, and Gottman-informed couples therapy. As a descendant of Holocaust survivors, I understand how trauma echoes across generations. Together, we can replace shame with understanding—and rediscover choice.
About Karen
Location
Virtual, Florida
Insurance Accepted
Aetna, Centivo, Cigna Healthcare/Evernorth
Communication Style
Direct, Empowering, Exploratory, Instructive, Warm
Focus areas
Addiction (not substance use), Anxiety, Burnout, Caregiver Burnout, Couples Therapy (2+ adults in session), Cultural Issues/Racial Stress, Depression, Family Conflict (1 adult in session), Family Therapy (2+ adults in session), Grief, Individual Therapy, Life Transitions, Relationship Concerns (1 adult in session), Self-Harm, Sexual Assault/Sexual Abuse, Stress, Substance Use
Experienced with
Black community, Immigrants
Together, we can replace shame with understanding—and rediscover choice.
License number
#MT5577
Approaches
- Couples [The Gottman Method]
- Harm Reduction
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Interpersonal Psychotherapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic
- Relational
- Solution-Focused
- Strengths-Based
Languages Spoken
English
Education
MS - Marriage and Family Therapy, Nova Southeastern University
Interests
I enjoy improv, music, and art!