- Attachment-informed care
- Practical skills
- LGBTQ aware
About Karlee
Karlee Shave is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) in Michigan with six years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and issues around self-esteem. She has worked with LGBTQ clients and with adolescents and young adults in past roles. Karlee emphasizes listening first and helping each person find what works for them.
Karlee approaches therapy in a straightforward, flexible way. She centers the client's goals and adapts methods to fit how a person prefers to work. Sessions aim to be open and nonjudgmental so feelings and concerns can be named and understood. Karlee helps clients build practical skills and small daily habits that make tasks feel more manageable.
Her work draws on attachment-based ideas that look at relationship patterns and how early connections influence current stress. She also uses client-centered techniques that focus on understanding each person's experience and CBT methods that help change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. These approaches are used to address worries about abandonment, communication problems, body image, and related challenges.
Karlee gives space for people to lead the conversation while offering tools and strategies they can try between sessions. She pays attention to co-occurring issues like chronic health stress, dissociation, or mood dysregulation when these come up. The goal is steady progress - one manageable step at a time.
If someone wants to begin, Karlee asks them to use the site's Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on availability.
How Karlee’s approaches guide online work and wellbeing
Karlee uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. This approach helps when abandonment, trust, or recurring relationship issues cause stress. It focuses on naming patterns and experimenting with different ways of connecting and communicating.She also uses client-centered methods that keep the person's experience at the center of the work. That means sessions start from what matters most to the client and move at a pace they find comfortable. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to help identify unhelpful thoughts and to try practical behavior changes between sessions. CBT tools can be useful for anxiety, depression, and managing daily stress.
Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. Karlee works with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. She checks in regularly and adapts strategies as the work develops so the plan stays relevant and useful.
Confirm current session options before booking to know which formats are available. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, reduce travel time, and allow for consistent weekly check-ins. They also make it simpler to schedule shorter or more frequent visits when life requires flexible timing.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
6+ years
Credentials
Michigan
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Karlee commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, and LGBT-related concerns. Additional focus areas include attachment issues, abandonment, body image, family of origin issues, and communication problems.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Karlee uses a flexible, client-centered style that prioritizes listening and collaboration. She combines practical strategies with supportive conversation to help people try new ways of coping.
What is her background and experience?
She holds an LMSW and has six years of professional experience, including work with adolescents and young adults and with LGBTQ clients.
Where is she licensed and based?
Karlee is licensed in Michigan as an LMSW and practices with clients in that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with this therapist?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are session costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What is the process to begin working together?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.