Karen Stockham, LPCC - Therapist in New Mexico

About Karen

Karen Stockham is a licensed professional clinical counselor with 24 years of experience. She focuses on practical, action-oriented therapy to help families and parents manage stress and relationship challenges. Karen listens closely and works with clients to set goals and try concrete changes that fit daily life.

Her approach often uses client-centered methods to make sessions feel approachable and respectful. She also brings Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts and actions affect feelings.

Background and approach

Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy inform her work when clients need stronger emotion regulation or help repairing attachment hurts. Karen has worked with individuals, couples, children, adolescents, and families over her career. She helps with common parenting and family concerns like blended family issues, fatherhood challenges, communication problems, and divorce and separation.

She also supports people facing anxiety, depression, ADHD, grief, addictions, and life changes. Sessions emphasize clear communication skills, problem-solving, and small steps that build confidence. She offers mediation, anger management, and conflict resolution when families need a structured way forward.

Her style is practical and solution-minded, with attention to feelings and relationships. Outside of work she is a parent and grandparent who values family time, outdoor activity, photography, and community volunteering. Karen practices in New Mexico and conducts therapy in English, including online formats that suit busy family schedules.

Therapeutic approaches and online options for families

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on treating the client with respect and empathy, allowing parents and family members to steer the conversation while the therapist reflects and supports. This helps people feel heard and more confident about taking steps forward.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect feelings. It uses practical exercises and small experiments to reduce anxiety, improve mood, and change unhelpful patterns that affect family life.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, adds skills for managing strong emotions and improving communication. It can be useful for families facing high conflict, intense reactions, or repeated patterns that cause pain.

Finding the right mix of approaches is a team effort. The therapist will collaborate with each client or family to choose methods that match goals, needs, and comfort level. That plan can change as progress is made and new priorities appear.

Online therapy makes it easier to fit sessions into a busy family life. Video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging give flexibility for working parents, teens, and caregivers. These options let families connect from home, continue care during transitions, and use short check-ins or longer therapy time as needed.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Karen address?

She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues plus parenting concerns. Other focuses include depression, ADHD, addiction, grief, and life changes.

What is her general therapy style?

Sessions are action-oriented and client-centered, with practical steps and active listening. She uses approaches like CBT and DBT to help change thoughts and build coping skills.

How long has she been practicing?

She has 24 years of clinical experience working with individuals, couples, children, adolescents, and families.

What are her credentials and where does she practice?

She is an LPCC with licence number NM LPCC CCMH0105211 and practices in New Mexico.

Which languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

Karen offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different family schedules.

How is cost handled?

Session cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working together?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Family conflicts

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Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 24 years
Licensed: New Mexico
Languages: English

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