Karla Brockman

Karla Brockman is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with 35 years in the mental health field. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, anger, and a broad range of life changes. She aims to be warm, interactive, and supportive while helping each person find practical steps forward.

She has spent much of her career in community mental health settings and has experience with many concerns. Those include caregiving stress, relationship and intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, and challenges tied to adoption, abandonment, or family of origin. She also supports people coping with major medical issues like cancer and aging related concerns.

Karla primarily uses cognitive behavioral therapy, and she also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy. In sessions she helps people identify patterns, set small goals, and try concrete skills between meetings. The work tends to focus on doable changes rather than vague promises.

Her style is collaborative: she and the client build an action plan tailored to the person’s goals. Sessions address coping skills, communication, and ways to reduce distressing symptoms. Karla emphasizes clear steps that can fit into daily life.

She works in Kansas and conducts sessions in English. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to the therapist’s availability.

Approaches that guide online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, grief, and managing anger-related impulses.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors. It is often used for depression, anxiety, sleep problems, and stress by working on concrete skills and homework between sessions.

Motivational Interviewing supports people who feel stuck or ambivalent about change by exploring their own reasons for moving forward. It can help with career shifts, commitment questions, or making health-related changes.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss needs, goals, and preferences and may combine methods to fit the situation. Clients and therapist build the plan together and adjust it as progress is made.

Session options should be confirmed before booking, since specific formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow brief check-ins when time is limited, and reduce travel time. Talk with the therapist during the matching process about what session rhythm and format would best fit everyday life.