Karen McDougal
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
New Jersey therapists accepting new clients
Dr. Sugandika SubawickramaLPC · 20 years experienceLGBT · Anger management · Coping with life changesWork with Sugandika
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About Karen
Hi! My name is Karen McDougal, I am a LPC (licensed professional counselor) with 14 years of experience. My scope of practice includes general mental health issues (anxiety, depression, etc.) life adjustments/transitions, trauma informed therapy, familial conflicts, crisis intervention, career exploration and planning, and self esteem. I have conducted crisis assessments, provided crisis interventions, created, and implemented treatment plans, and discharge plans; in a hospital setting, outpatient services, and in home agencies. As well as provided education: on parenting behavioral issues and healthy relationships. I have facilitated and co-facilitated social skills groups, a psycho-educational group on anger management, and healthy teen/pre-teen dating relationships. I have assisted in observations for functional behavioral analysis reports, data collection, and treatment recommendations for children with behavioral disturbances. Also worked with children, teens, and adults on career exploration and planning.
Experiences include:
Stress, Anxiety, Depression, ADHD, trauma, anger management, healthy dating, self-esteem, domestic violence, career exploration and planning, parenting issues, crisis, self harm, healthy relationship education, and communication issues
What Karen helps with
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
How Karen works
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
What clients say
- “Best listener! She’s able to make me think outside the box and see things from a different perspective. She’s the reason I stuck with therapy..her insight and her compassion made it easy to keep coming back. She continuously challenges me to grow and I can’t recommend her enough.”
- “Karen is a great therapist! She is compassionate and understanding. I recommend!”
- “Karen is amazing at listening, validating my feelings, and challenging me to consider possibilities I would not have considered before. I’ve left my sessions feeling lighter and more at peace than when I started them. I’m extremely grateful for her guidance and recommend her with the utmost confidence.”
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- “Really easy to talk to, for a person like me who take long time to open up, it’s really hard to open up but when talking to Karen, it’s really easy to talk to.”
- “Karen has provided me with a safe and supportive environment from day one, always challenging me but also giving the time & space needed for me to share when I’m ready.”
- “Karen is great! She’s extremely supportive and even better listener. I’ve only had two sessions with her so far but I’m already feeling like I can tackle the week ahead after talking to her.”
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