Kari Perez uses a client-focused style that centers on each person's needs.
01About Kari
Kari Perez uses a client-focused style that centers on each person's needs. She is Kari Perez, MD, LCPC, and she brings ten years of clinical experience to her work. Her approach is practical and straightforward, aimed at helping people manage everyday problems and feel more able in their lives.
She often helps people who struggle with anxiety, depression, stress, low self-esteem, and addiction. She also supports those facing parenting challenges, grief, relationship strain, and life transitions.
Background and approach
Additional concerns she addresses include body image, communication problems, postpartum depression, and smoking or vaping cessation. Kari pairs several proven approaches to match what a person needs in the moment. That means she might draw on client-centered listening, cognitive-behavioral techniques, mindfulness skills, motivational interviewing, or skills from dialectical behavior therapy.
The aim is to find small, usable steps that move someone toward their goals. Her background includes work in a long-term residential setting for adults with co-occurring addiction and mental health concerns. She has also provided outpatient care both in person and online.
Those experiences inform how she helps people build life skills and increase day-to-day motivation. Kari keeps sessions straightforward and collaborative. She treats the person in the room as the expert in their own life and acts as a partner in setting and reaching goals.
Her style tends to suit people who want practical tools and steady support as they work toward change.
02Credentials
- LCPC (Maryland)
- License LC5249 · expires January 2027
- NPI
- 1316351760 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Kari lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Young adult issues
Methods Kari names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
These are the methods Kari names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
How evidence-based methods translate to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding each person's experience and building a respectful partnership. In practice this means the therapist listens deeply, reflects what she hears, and helps the client set their own goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thought and behavior and teaches concrete skills to change them, which can help with anxiety, depression, and mood problems. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) provides practical skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better communication when feelings run high.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. From there she tailors methods and tries small strategies first so the client can see what works and what to adjust together.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video calls are useful for a fuller conversation and teaching skills in real time. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let people check in between sessions, share brief updates, or get short reflections when that format fits better. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and different life rhythms.
05Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Kari address?
Kari works with anxiety, depression, stress, addiction, low self-esteem, grief, relationship and parenting concerns, and related issues such as body image and postpartum depression.
What is her therapy style like?
She uses a multi-modal, client-centered style that blends CBT, DBT skills, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to find practical strategies that fit each person.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has ten years of experience, including work in long-term residential care for adults with co-occurring addiction and mental health concerns and outpatient work both in person and online.
Where is she based and what are her credentials?
She practices in Maryland and lists credentials as MD, LCPC.
Are sessions offered in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English only.
What session formats are available?
She meets via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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