My motivation and goal is to walk with a person and help them identify and clarify their chosen values and to move towards and have these things they value most in life.

My practice focus is all about relationships--intimate partners, parent-child, sibling, whole family, friends, coworkers, manager-supervisee, and organizations. My process will involve getting to know you within the context of your relationship(s) and aiding you and yours to get to your definition of a better place. Why stay stuck in patterns that don't work? I offer perspective, new skills, and hope for a new way of relating to each other.

Hello, my name is Karen Landis and I am a clinical social worker. I have a private practice in Durham, NC. I have 25 years of experience of working with families and children. I have 12 years of experience working with individual adults. I treat clients with anxiety, depression, ADHD, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Adjustment Disorders, school-related issues, grief and loss, parent-child relational issues and more. I have also worked with some children on the higher-functioning end of the Autistic Spectrum.

If you find yourself in a difficult place, let me be the first to say, you are not alone. We all have times in our lives when we need a voice of hope, a listening ear, and eyes to see beyond our current circumstances. Making the decision to seek support can be a humbling, yet extremely gratifying experience. What I hope to offer is a unique space where you can be yourself, learn about yourself, and more fully live into your true identity.

I specialize in working with men and teenage males, focusing on self-esteem, finding your purpose, work-life balance, improving relationships, and reclaiming healthy masculinity. I facilitate men's groups in the evenings and assist in healing wounded father-son relationships. I help you remember that you are enough. You matter. And you are worthy. Knowing and feeling this is our natural state of being, but we forget it due to the trauma we experience in our life, especially during childhood.

I have an engaged, body-mind relational approach, that I call Integrative Counseling. This approach builds on your strengths, and helps you cultivate self-awareness and find new perspectives, leading to a more satisfying and fulfilling life. Integrative counseling includes breathing and mindfulness practices, the development of body awareness, the experience of therapeutic touch, as well as verbal and emotional processing, depending on your needs. As a caring, well trained professional I help people to overcome anxiety, depression, relationship problems, physical pain, job stress, addiction, and life transitions in healthy, nurturing ways.

My approach Integrative Psychotherapy draws primarily from Interpersonal Psychotherapy and Insight Meditation. It is my experience that people make changes in their lives in therapy when they feel appropriately supported and understood. This combined with awareness developed through mindfulness practices enables people to take the insights cultivated in therapy sessions and implement them in their lives. I see therapy as an opportunity to explore how our thoughts and perceptions about our life situations, determine the quality of how we experience our lives. Our self-perceptions developed throughout our lives, are often our greatest impediment to changing our lives.

At times, we all feel as though our lives are out of balance. Balance brings a sense of peace, enjoyment, and fulfillment to our lives. Whether imbalance is caused by an outside event or an internal struggle, I work with clients to understand what may need adjusting or reframing in order to achieve balance in their lives. This practice is helpful for individuals, couples, and families.

The relationship you form with a counselor can help move you to making the changes you desire in life. Maybe you feel stuck or are facing some challenges with an important relationship? I focus on helping people expand and strengthen their resources by establishing clear goals for personal growth. I strive to help people feel comfortable and safe in therapy and use creative strategies to help unlock their potential. I especially enjoy working with couples to learn new strategies to communicate feelings with each other leading to improved relationships.

Do you struggle with depression, anxiety or self-worth? Are you still grieving something you thought you were over? Do you need to reduce stress? Therapy is a wonderful place to reduce difficult feelings and improve self-care. Therapy is a safe place-no judgement- but honest, caring support and guidance.

Sometimes life creates change when we aren't ready. You may find that life transitions have left you feeling differently than you expected, or you're discovering things about yourself that you aren't sure what to do with. Sometimes loved ones change in ways that challenge us, and sometimes we grow and hope our loved ones will grow with us. Sometimes LGBTQIA+ identities have specific needs, particularly for couples and families adjusting to newly expressed identities and searching for a healthy, supportive dynamic. Unfortunately, coping with these unexpected changes usually isn't a smooth, easy, or pretty process.

I’m motivated to help people experiencing stress and life difficulties get through them in the healthiest ways possible. I especially enjoy helping people overcome negative patterns in their relationships, actions, and thinking. We look together at how to build on the strengths you have, even if you don’t recognize them yet, to create a life you look forward to living. If you have challenges in a given area--past hurts, anxiety, mood problems, addictive behaviors, abusive relationships--I can help you develop skills to overcome and manage them so that you can live a freer, more authentic life.

Things are hard right now. You're here because you want things to be different and don't quite know how to make that happen. I want to help you feel hopeful, powerful, and in control of your life. Whether you're feeling pain from trauma/abuse, engaging in behaviors that are no longer working for your life (self-harming, substance use, disordered eating), or struggling with relationships, I can help. I have a person-centered approach so I can meet you at your current point in life and support you in reaching your goals.

I am a counselor who understands how it feels to sit in front of a therapist, that is why compassion is important to me. Vulnerability can be difficult, but we can create a safe space so when you're ready, we can change the difficulties interfering with your wants. That is therapy, getting what you need to get what you want. For example, depression has different flavors, but it keeps us from engaging fully in life and/or losing focus on what our dreams are. Whatever you are seeking to make life better and better, I am here to help.

Many people find themselves struggling to maintain balance during adjustment or following a traumatic event. Life circumstances and experiences often cloud our vision. We may feel confused, lost, or broken in making the best decisions for ourselves. We need a safe space to ground our energy and find stillness. I am a licensed clinical social worker who takes a person centered approach to therapy. This means I believe every person already has what they need to reach their full potential and live their best life. I meet you where you are and we work together to lift the clouds that are blocking you from the life you deserve.

If you’re here perusing these therapist profiles, it’s probably because something’s not quite right. Maybe you hate your job, feel stuck in it, or have trouble finding one that feels congruent for you. Maybe it’s some turbulence occurring in your relationship– or the absence of a relationship when you long for one. Or perhaps something awful happened and you just can’t get it out of your head.

COVID-19 update: Accepting clients for online counseling. I provide a secure and confidential online portal for your therapy session. You usually appear to have it all together on the outside, while inside it never stops. A recent change has left you feeling confused and lost. You feel overwhelmed, confused, & anxious. Your friends seem to have figured it out but no matter how hard you try, you still feel like an imposter. You lay your head down at night and your mind won't turn off. You may have found unhealthy ways to cope. This change has brought up past pain that you thought you had moved on from.

Perhaps you're down or anxious - maybe you're unsure about the future of a relationship, or just feel that you aren't living the life you were meant to lead. Whatever your needs may be, I am here to offer support. Therapy is a process of growth and self-discovery, and in my sessions I promote behavioral transformation by encouraging a positive outlook and the adoption of new attitudes and reactions. I have the tools and professional experience to help you get back on track.

I specialize in working with individual adults and couples that are seeking help with life stage transitions, improving relationships, working through grief or loss, core worth/self-esteem issues, and finding purpose and direction in life. I also offer short term, solution-focused counseling for college students. My greatest desire is to help my clients find authenticity and purpose in their life and to help them reach their goals for change in a safe, judgment-free, collaborative, and hope-giving environment.

Hello! Thanks for stopping by! I counsel, write, and teach on the following topics: improving and repairing relationships, tackling parenting problems, building self-confidence, managing symptoms of anxiety and depression, processing feelings of grief and loss, dealing with stress more effectively, understanding and taming anger, exploring new career possibilities, getting and staying organized, re-igniting passion for life, and accomplishing spiritual growth goals. If you are interested in working on these or similar topics, let's talk! (New counselor looking for a clinical supervisor? Call/email me.)