Karissa Thomas, LMSW

Karissa Thomas is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) based in Michigan who helps people facing relationship strain, intimacy-related issues, trauma, anxiety, and a range of other life challenges. She aims to make clients feel heard and understood and works in a straightforward, compassionate way. Karissa brings seven years of experience and prioritizes practical steps that people can use between sessions.

Karissa uses a curious, nonjudgmental stance in sessions. She treats each person as the expert on their own life and collaborates on goals that matter to them. Conversations are honest and direct, with space for warmth and occasional levity when appropriate.

Her approach draws on several therapeutic methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based work, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. These tools are used to address symptoms like anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and struggles with self-esteem or coping after loss.

Karissa also supports people with concerns around addiction, eating, ADHD, caregiving stress, and career or life transitions. She pays attention to patterns such as attachment wounds, abandonment, and communication problems to help people gain clearer choices in relationships and daily life.

Sessions are offered in English and international clients may be seen. The process begins with a short matching questionnaire and scheduling through the Start Therapy button. Karissa works with clients to set realistic steps and practical strategies that fit into everyday routines.

Therapeutic approaches and online work

Karissa uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take action even when they feel stuck. ACT often focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings and choosing behavior that aligns with what matters most.

She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationship patterns affect present connections. This work helps people notice recurring patterns and try new ways of relating that feel safer and more effective.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Karissa will collaborate with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and preferences rather than forcing a single technique. That process may shift as progress unfolds.

If you're considering online therapy, confirm which session formats are offered before booking since the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow a shorter check-in on a lunch break, or reduce travel time. It can also allow people to choose appointments that better match their daily routines. Licensed professionals and therapists help clients adapt tools like behavioral experiments, exposure tasks, and skills practice to an online setting so progress can continue between meetings.