About me

I'm a licensed clinical social worker in the State of Illinois with more than 20 years of experience working with teens and families. I believe in a strengths-based approach to counseling, and I utilize a cognitive behavioral and solution focused strategy to help you learn new ways to manage your stress, new ways to communicate your thoughts and feelings to those in your life who matter, and new ways to help you make important decisions about your life. Like many teens, you're probably facing a lot of new challenges and decisions about your future and your life, and you may be feeling overwhelmed and confused. Making the choice to seek counseling is a difficult one and I am happy you have decided to reach out. Together we can clarify your thoughts, feelings, and personal beliefs and help you to find your best path forward.

Specialties

  • Stress, Anxiety
  • Relationships
  • Trauma, Abuse
  • Grief
  • Depression
Also experienced in:
Addictions , LGBT , Family conflicts , Intimacy-related issues , Sleeping disorders , Parenting issues , Anger management , Self esteem , Career difficulties , Bipolar disorder , Coping with life changes , Compassion fatigue , ADHD , Read more...

Clinical approaches:
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Gottman Method, Hypnotherapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy

Years of Experience: 20

Services offered


  • Messaging

  • Live Chat

  • Phone

  • Video

Licensing

IL LCSW 149010863

Reviews

These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Karen Haggard. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with Teen Counseling might be different.

Written on Feb 14, 2024 after therapy with Karen for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, self esteem, anger management, and adhd

Great listener and give great advice on how to move forward with difficult situations

Written on Oct 31, 2023 after therapy with Karen for 1 month on issues concerning relationship

Karen has been extremely helpful in all of our sessions. She provides resources and exercises for my spouse and I to use between sessions and she always replies to or questions and concerns quickly. She is understanding and nonjudgmental. It’s easy to be open and honest in sessions with her. She is knowledgeable and takes the time to understand our issues and gives helpful suggestions and advice that allow us to work towards resolving our issues. We plan to work with Karen for the foreseeable future. We would recommend her to anyone looking for couples or individual counseling.

Written on Sep 20, 2023 after therapy with Karen for 3 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, and trauma and abuse

Karen Haggard is wonderful! I am lucky to have her.

Written on Aug 10, 2022 after therapy with Karen for 2 weeks on issues concerning relationship

Karen is a very good listener and does a great job of identifying with each of us in our feelings. She has us focus on our connection and helps us trust our intuitions and gives us strategies to ask for what we need from each other in the relationship.

Written on Aug 06, 2022 after therapy with Karen for 11 months

Karen was amazing!!! She never pushed too hard but somehow always made sure I was challenged, she helped me process so many things from my past and my present; I sincerely enjoyed our time together and don’t know what I would have done without her!

Written on Jun 24, 2022 after therapy with Karen for 2 weeks on issues concerning relationship

Due to personal reasons, did not get to have much time with her. But the time we did have was great. She's very attentive and makes you feel heard and understood.

Written on Apr 16, 2022 after therapy with Karen for 7 months on issues concerning depression, lgbt, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, sleeping disorders, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, bipolar disorder, and compassion fatigue

Karen makes me feel, safe enough to reopen old wounds, supported enough uncover unknown parts of my mind, kind enough not to judge, strong enough to accept me and experienced enough to help me help myself. I am beginning to have a lot of significant changes in my life and I am so grateful to have her here as I go through it all. She makes me act more like the person I want to be by helping figure out how to get closer to that person.

Written on Apr 04, 2021 after therapy with Karen for 7 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, and intimacy-related issues

I appreciate her being nonjudgmental, open, and her solutions do help.

Written on Dec 25, 2020 after therapy with Karen for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, lgbt, relationship issues, family conflicts, self esteem, anger management, and career difficulties

thoughtful, intelligent and caring counsellor.

Written on Dec 23, 2020 after therapy with Karen for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting issues, self esteem, career difficulties, and coping with life changes

Karen has been most kind and helpful in offering alternative tools to help with the issues I’ve been experiencing. I’m feeling more hopeful with her kind response.

Written on Nov 23, 2020 after therapy with Karen for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, lgbt, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, anger management, bipolar disorder, compassion fatigue, and adhd

As a trauma survivor, I need a very specific kind of therapist. Karen is an intuitive and kind professional who takes my concerns seriously, and also takes my feedback seriously if I need something specific from her, whether it's advice or a listening ear. I highly recommend her guided meditations, which she and I build together with imagery I like, and she then she incorporates. I leave our sessions refreshed and hopeful. She never lets us end a session during a tense, difficult, or painful discussion, which is where her incredibly centering guided meditations come into play. I've gotten to the point where I request them at the end of every session, it makes all the difference.
I cannot recommend Karen enough.

Written on Nov 13, 2020 after therapy with Karen for 2 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, self esteem, and compassion fatigue

Karen has helped me immensely with my trauma and fears. Her specialties, kindness and openness has really helped me overcome a lot of things I didn't even realize I was stuck on. Highly recommend

Written on Oct 02, 2020 after therapy with Karen for 1 month on issues concerning relationship issues, family conflicts, and coping with life changes

Karen was very responsive and helpful. She got me thinking about things I had never considered and drew from relevant experience/examples to help me understand my current situation. She definitely knows her stuff and has lots of great books/support materials to share.

Written on Sep 14, 2020 after therapy with Karen for 2 weeks

Karen Haggard is great. She obviously has tremendous experience. And she is smart, kind, and knowledgeable. I'm very happy and relieved to be working with her.

Written on Aug 06, 2020 after therapy with Karen for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, grief, parenting issues, career difficulties, and coaching

Karen was excellent

Written on Jul 21, 2020 after therapy with Karen for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, sleeping disorders, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, and compassion fatigue

Karen has a warm personality which makes you feel supported and heard during the consult. She also checks in regularly to keep you on track. The tools she provided helped me through the challenges at work.

Written on Jul 19, 2020 after therapy with Karen for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, and coping with life changes

Karen has been great. Very responsive and caring and thoughtful. She offers tips, actual help with guided meditation and is just a good listener. Having someone that I can reach out to and hear back from in a reasonable amount of time makes me feel like virtual counseling can be even better in some respects to in person.

Written on Jun 17, 2020 after therapy with Karen for 2 weeks on issues concerning grief, and coping with life changes

Karen has been fantastic. In the couple of times we have talked, she ha given me great tools to consider, and has honestly just been a great listener and support system. I feel she is part of my healing journey.

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