Karen Shinkle, LCSW

When you work with Karen, you can expect to be met with warmth, acceptance, and genuine care. She listens with intention, offers thoughtful feedback when helpful, and walks alongside you as a supportive partner throughout your healing journey.

Karen is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with extensive experience in community mental health, school settings, and most recently, a restoration of competency program. She has supported individuals through major life transitions, helped them manage anxiety and depression, and guided them through parenting and relationship challenges. With her diverse background and nonjudgmental approach, Karen creates a warm and supportive space where clients feel safe to heal, grow, and make meaningful changes in their lives.

When you work with Karen, you can expect to be met with warmth, acceptance, and genuine care. She listens with intention, offers thoughtful feedback when helpful, and walks alongside you as a supportive partner throughout your healing journey. Karen believes growth happens when therapy feels comfortable, human, and real—so humor is often welcomed when the moment is right. She doesn’t take herself too seriously and loves using lightness to help clients gain perspective and feel more at ease with themselves and their process.

Karen values the therapeutic relationship as a central part of healing. She sees therapy as a collaborative, client-driven experience—tailored to your strengths, needs, and goals. She brings a variety of tools and strategies to the table and will work with you to discover what resonates most so that you leave feeling empowered, supported, and equipped to move forward with confidence.