01 · Who Karey works with

Karey works with stress, Anxiety, relationship issues and family conflicts

Karey lists 5 specialisms and 28 further focus areas. Specialisms are the subjects Karey chose to list first, which is the closest a listing gets to “this is my actual practice”.

02 · In Karey's own words

What Karey says about the work

Reproduced in full and unedited - not summarised, not tightened, not rewritten in a house voice.

I am a licensed clinician in Ohio with 18 years of professional experience. I earned my Master of Social Work from The Ohio State University and spent the first 13 years of my career as a therapist in community mental health. During that time, I gained broad and diverse experience working with adults, adolescents, and families in both individual and group settings.

Much of my career has also been dedicated to supporting first responders, including providing Critical Incident Stress Debriefings, as well as working over the past five years with members of the Ohio Army National Guard. I have experience helping clients navigate stress and anxiety, relationship challenges, family conflict, motivation, self-esteem, and confidence.

In addition to my clinical social work background, I am a 200-hour certified yoga instructor with specialized training in trauma-sensitive yoga and stand-up paddleboard yoga. I approach therapy through a holistic lens, recognizing the connection between mind, body, and spirit, and honoring the full human experience-physical, emotional, relational, intellectual, and spiritual.

I believe in treating every person with respect, dignity, sensitivity, and compassion. Our work together will be collaborative, and I will tailor our conversations and treatment plan to meet your unique needs and goals. Taking the first step toward therapy takes courage, and I am honored to support you as you begin this journey.

Karey Thompson, on the BetterHelp listing · read 9 Oct 2026

03 · How Karey works

The 7 approaches Karey lists, in plain English

These are the clinical methods Karey lists. The descriptions are Maker Therapy's, not Karey's - a general explanation of what each method is, so the list means something before you have spoken to anybody. They are not a claim about how Karey runs a session.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Reads present-day relationship difficulty through the lens of how safety and closeness were learned early on. The therapeutic relationship itself is treated as part of the work, because it is where the pattern tends to show up first.

Client-Centred TherapyPerson-centred · Rogerian

The therapist does not steer toward a technique or a diagnosis. They offer sustained, non-judgemental attention and reflect back what they hear, on the premise that people find their own direction when they are genuinely listened to. Often what people mean by “someone who just gets it”.

Mindfulness-Based TherapyMBCT

Trains attention on what is happening right now - body, breath, the thought as it arrives - so distress can be observed rather than automatically acted on. Strongest evidence is in preventing depression from recurring, and it is usually taught as a practice you keep doing outside the session.

Motivational InterviewingMI

A way of talking about change with somebody who is genuinely in two minds about it. The therapist does not argue for the change; they help you say your own reasons out loud, which is the part that predicts whether it happens. Common around substance use and health behaviour.

Narrative Therapy

Treats the story you tell about your life as something that can be examined and retold rather than as the plain facts. Separates the person from the problem - “the anxiety” rather than “your anxiety” - to make room for the parts the current story leaves out.

Solution-Focused Brief TherapySFBT

Starts from where you want to end up rather than from how you got here. Sessions look for the times the problem is already smaller and work out what is different about those, so the number of sessions tends to be short and the work concrete.

Trauma-Focused TherapyTF-CBT · trauma-informed

CBT adapted for people whose difficulty is rooted in a frightening or overwhelming event. Pacing is the point: safety and stabilisation come first, the memory itself is approached gradually and only when you are ready, and the aim is that recalling it stops hijacking the present.

Also listed

• Existential Therapy
• Somatic Therapy

04 · What happens next

From this page to a first session

Karey practises through BetterHelp, so the route in is BetterHelp's. This is that sequence, written by Maker Therapy from the platform's published process - not a description of Karey's own practice, and not a promise about how quickly anything happens.

1. A questionnaire, not a booking form

   BetterHelp opens with a set of questions about what you are dealing with, what you want from therapy, and any preferences on the therapist. You are not booking Karey at this point.

2. Naming Karey specifically

   BetterHelp matches algorithmically by default, so asking for Karey is a step you have to take. There is a field for requesting a specific therapist during sign-up, and you can switch afterwards from your account. Starting from a link on this page does not by itself assign you to Karey.

3. If the caseload is full

   You will be offered somebody else rather than put on a waitlist. Worth knowing, because it is easy to assume a match is the person you asked for.

4. The first conversation

   A first session is typically history and orientation: what brought you, what has been tried, what you want to be different. It is also where the questions in the next section belong.

5. If the fit is wrong

   Changing therapist on BetterHelp does not need a reason. A first session that does not click is common and is not a verdict on therapy. That option existing is the main practical difference between a platform and a private practice.

05 · Before you commit

4 questions worth asking Karey

Built from what Karey actually lists, so they are answerable and specific rather than generic. Maker Therapy's, not Karey's - Karey has not seen them and is under no obligation to answer any of them.

• “You list both Solution-Focused Brief Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy. Which do you lean on with someone like me?”

  Those two point in different directions - one structured and led by the therapist, the other led by you. The answer tells you what the sessions will actually feel like.

• “How do you decide when someone is ready to work on a traumatic memory itself?”

  Pacing is the biggest safety question in trauma work. A clear, unhurried answer here matters more than any credential.

• “With 16 years in, what has changed most in how you work?”

  Long experience is only an advantage if it has been examined. This tends to surface whether it has.

• “How do you handle the gap between sessions if something comes up?”

  On BetterHelp this varies a great deal by therapist. Better to know the rhythm now than to discover it on a bad week.

06 · Practical details

Credentials and licensing

Credential

LISW

Licensed in

Ohio

Licence

OH LISW I.1000199-SUPV

Licence number

I.1000199-SUPV

Licence expires

22 Jul 2028

NPI

1831349026

Years in practice

16

Gender

Female

Languages

English

International clients

Not accepted

Listed since

15 May 2026

07 · Provenance

Where every line on this page came from

Karey's name, credential, state, subjects, approaches and biography are read from BetterHelp's therapist roster, which Maker Therapy re-reads once a day; this page reflects the reading taken on 9 Oct 2026. The licence number and NPI are cross-checked against public registers.

The plain-English method descriptions, the first-session walkthrough and the questions are written by Maker Therapy and labelled as such wherever they appear.

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