Karen Tsukada

I have over 20 years of clinical experience and love my work! I approach my work with compassion, curiosity, and a little bit of humor.

in Maryland

Services

About My Clients

I enjoy working with BIPOC folks and LGBTQA+ folks. My clients are 18yo+ and are often seeking a better understanding of who they are and why they make the choices they make. You may feel anxious, stressed, defeated. Maybe your relationships aren’t as fulfilling as you’d like. Maybe you beat yourself up all the time. These thing can change! I can help you identify unhelpful patterns and learn how to change them.

My Background and Approach

Insight + Skills + Action. I believe it’s vitally important to understand yourself better so you can move forward. Additionally, learning new skills or new ways of being in the world are also a critical part of change. Finally, it’s important to move forward with this knowledge and have agency in your own life. I will collaborate with and support you at any stage of change.

My Personal Beliefs and Interests

I believe we learn ways of being in the world based on our temperament, and what is in our environment around us. Temperament is the innate qualities that we are born with (for example, are you sensitive ? Extroverted? A risk taker?) Environment includes the caregivers and friends we’ve had, the culture we’ve grown up in, and the economic/political systems we’ve experienced. As a woman of color, I believe navigating the environment can be challenging. Privilege and oppression are real. Systemic -isms are real. Too often we can internalize the negative messages we receive and make them our own. It’s important to me that we work together to regain agency in your life and learn to value the whole complicated wonderful being that you are.

I offer online counseling in the following states:

At A Glance

  • Experience: 22 years of practice
  • Rate: $180 - 180/session

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