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Karissa Thomas, LMSW

Experienced mental health professional

Provides online counseling through BetterHelp

At a glance

Karissa is an experienced, licensed Mental Health Professional who specializes in affordable online therapy offered through our partner, BetterHelp.

4.5 stars
Clients are very satisfied with Karissa. View 34 reviews
Great news, Karissa is accepting new clients!
She is normally fully-booked.
Speaks English
Offers Telehealth visits
Licensed in Michigan

Recent reviews

Attentive and thorough

Reviewed February 2024

Planet earth’s best therapist!

Reviewed January 2024

More about Karissa

  • 7 years' experience
  • Female
  • LMSW

Hi there! My name is Karissa and I am a Clinical Social Worker located in Michigan. My goal is to make you feel heard and understood - in order to help empower you to work through whatever struggle or stressor you may be dealing with. I come to you unrehearsed, with a non-judgmental, curious and genuine approach. I believe that you are the expert of your own experience and your own needs. I am practical and straight-forward, while also demonstrating compassion. I am not afraid to laugh with you as we go through our therapeutic journey together. Your honesty, openness and willingness to be vulnerable will be beautiful components of this process together.

Specialties

Relationship issues Family conflicts Trauma and abuse Eating disorders Depression Stress Anxiety Addictions LGBT Grief Intimacy-related issues Sleeping disorders Parenting issues Anger management Self esteem Career difficulties Bipolar disorder Coping with life changes Coaching Compassion fatigue ADHD Abandonment Adoption and Foster Care Aging and Geriatric Issues Antisocial Personality Attachment issues Autism and Asperger Syndrome Blended Family Issues Body image Cancer Caregiver issues and stress Codependency Commitment Issues Communication problems Coping with Natural or Human-Caused Disaster Dependent Personality Dissociation Divorce and separation Domestic Violence Drug and Alcohol Addiction Eating and Food-Related Issues Emptiness Family of Origin Issues Family Problems Fatherhood Issues Fertility Issues First Responder Issues Forgiveness Gender Dysphoria Guilt and shame Hoarding Hospice and End of Life Counseling Immigration Issues Infidelity Intellectual Disability Isolation / loneliness Jealousy Life purpose Men's issues Midlife crisis Military and Veterans Issues Narcissism Obsessions Compulsions and OCD Panic disorder and panic attacks Personality Disorders Polyamory / Nonmonogamous Relationships Postpartum Depression Post-traumatic stress Pregnancy and childbirth Prejudice and Discrimination Process addiction (porn exercise gambling) Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) Self-Harm Self-love Sex Addiction Sexual Assault and Abuse Sexual Dysfunction Sexuality Social anxiety and phobia Trichotillomania Women's issues Workplace issues Young Adult Issues

Treatment Approaches

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Attachment-Based Therapy
  • Client-Centered Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Gottman Method
  • Mindfulness Therapy
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Psychodynamic Therapy
  • Solution-Focused Therapy
  • Trauma-Focused Therapy
  • Internal Family Systems

Licenses

Karissa Thomas's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1003345380.

  • LMSW · Michigan · 6801108127 · Expires September 2027

About online counseling

Affordable.
Pay a low flat fee.
Convenient.
Do it at your own time and at your own pace. Communicate whenever you feel it's needed.
Available now.
There is no waiting list and no calls to make. Simply fill out a short questionnaire and send your first message.

Online counseling, also known as teletherapy, is a method of delivering mental health services through digital means such as video conferencing, phone calls, or messaging platforms. It can be an ideal option for individuals who have difficulty accessing traditional therapy due to geographical distance, time constraints, or personal preferences like privacy and comfort. Many people find it easier to open up from the familiarity of their own space.

Teletherapy has been found to be highly effective, with studies showing that it can produce similar outcomes to in-person therapy, particularly for issues like anxiety, depression, and PTSD. The flexibility and accessibility it offers make it a valuable alternative to conventional therapy settings.

Reviews for Karissa Thomas

All reviews have been submitted by clients after seeing the provider.

Overall rating:

4.5

34 reviews

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Clients mention: Great Recommend Amazing Helpful Listens Support Attentive Comfortable Helped Easy

Attentive and thorough

Reviewed February 2024

Planet earth’s best therapist!

Reviewed January 2024

Karissa has been a wonderful therapist to me over the last year. I’ve been able to come to terms with my loses and failures, and have started to improve my mental health. I would highly recommend her to anyone who requires support as she is kind, understanding, and always gives recommendations for next steps to take.

Reviewed January 2024

Always attentive and helpful when I am under a lot of stress and anguish.

Reviewed November 2023

Great listener and very relatable.

Reviewed May 2023

Karissa might just be the best therapist on the entire internet.

Reviewed March 2023

I've only recently started therapy but it's been an eye opening experience giving me better insight into my mental health and what I'm really going through. I'm really glad I started

Reviewed March 2023

Karissa has been truly lovely! I felt that I was in very safe hands and I can’t recommend or commend her services more.

Reviewed March 2023

Very helpful and insightful

Reviewed January 2023

Amazing therapist! So friendly and understanding! Has helped me tremendously

Reviewed December 2022

It was good what you doing really understand me.

Reviewed September 2022

Working with Karissa has been great! She has been so helpful and is quite knowledgeable on many things! I feel better every time I talk with her, which speaks volumes about her kind and welcoming approach. She sends weekly messages about specific topics that can be challenging to our mental health and gives tips and tricks to move past them - these have proven extremely useful to my everyday life. I would recommend her to anyone who was looking for a therapist

Reviewed May 2022

Karissa has helped me move through difficult issues I have been struggling with. I am still working on it, but things have greatly improved for me with her support.

Reviewed April 2022

I have only been with Karissa for a few weeks and I already feel like she has helped me so much. She listens intently and provides great feedback and allows me to look at things in a different deeper way.

Reviewed February 2022

Karissa is patient and kind, and she asks me good questions to help me see a new perspective on things I find challenging. It's easy for me to see solutions for others, but not as easy for myself. She also has great advice, offering many resources to help me understand things like examples of normal treatment from others (normal responses in different types of relationships), and homework to find the root or theme in whatever is challenging me. She is always encouraging, never judgmental, and helps me to find solutions so I can focus on balance, growth, and wellbeing. She's great!

Reviewed February 2022

I was very hesitant about starting therapy, but Karissa was very supportive and let me go at my own pace. She’s been very adaptive to my needs, and I was very surprised by how quickly I felt understood and heard. Karissa is knowledgeable and patient, and extremely thoughtful in her responses, I would recommend her to anyone that is ready to take their therapy seriously.

Reviewed January 2022

Karissa is great. I came to BetterHelp to try and tackle something specific- together we made great progress on this one issue, so much so that I felt and continue to feel comfortable working on all kinds of things. Karissa meets me where I am and does not patronize in any way- I've done loads of therapy over the years, I have a strong grasp of a lot of the basics, and I'm not here to hear about entry-level methods. Karissa heard and understood me when I said this, and has respected it since- Karissa trusted that I had done the learning I said I had, and it allowed us to skip a lot on the "ground floor" and get started with loftier work. Karissa is great, I'm wishing her the best in her latest adventures and looking forward to her return to the platform!

Reviewed January 2022

A few weeks into speaking with Karissa I definitely feel much better than I had when I began. Karissa is attentive and gives a lot of great insight to the things I have brought up in sessions. I'm very happy with how our sessions are progressing!

Reviewed November 2021

Karissa is great! She helps me see things in a way I hadn't considered. I look forward to our talks every week, either via chat or phone. She's always on time, responsive, and empathetic.

Reviewed September 2021

Karissa is amazing and so supportive and really takes the time to truly listen.

Reviewed September 2021

Karissa guided me through a difficult relationship issue. She is very caring and understanding and opened my eyes to a lot of self improvement skills. I’d recommend her and the BetterHelp service to anyone seeking to get ahead of regulating their emotions and navigating the world around them.

Reviewed August 2021

Karissa has giving me the support and guidance I need. She is here to encourage you, not judge you. She will listen and give you the tools you need to start you on a path of healing. She creates a safe place for you to be comfortable and open to discuss problems, that in some instances you may have never told anyone about. I am grateful to have her support on this journey.

Reviewed August 2021

Karissa is wonderful! She is an amazing listener, extremely validating and knowledgeable. She has always made me feel completely comfortable to be myself and has a lot of great insights when I’m drawing a blank. I would highly recommend her!

Reviewed July 2021

I love working with Karissa. She is very respectful and helps me work through what I’m feeling. She also makes me feel extremely comfortable like I’m talking to a friend. She also challenges me to think about things in different ways, and helps me to feel more confident in myself. I always look forward to my sessions with her (even the ones that can be more challenging).

Reviewed July 2021

It is early in the process but she is a great listener and provides feedback

Reviewed June 2021

I really appreciate all the conversations we already had. You help me see what is really behind my emotions and thoughts.

Reviewed May 2021

Karissa really listened to what I have been struggling with. She didn’t tell me what to do, as other counselors have done (with negative results). She validated my feelings, offered me perspective, and has really helped me learn through example how to process, reflect, and not let my anxieties overtake my state of mind. She is warm, friendly, and exactly the person I needed to talk through life.

Reviewed May 2021

It has been so wonderful and helpful to be working with Karissa. She listens intently, and always offers a new perspective or a suggestion on something new to try that may help me. I appreciate the time and effort that goes into her weekend send-offs that offer insight into a topic to explore on my own or in our sessions. From the very beginning she was very responsive and addressed any concerns I had right away and took the time to get to know what I was looking for in therapy. I highly recommend Karissa!

Reviewed April 2021

Karissa is amazing! I began sessions with her when I felt I had no one in the world to talk to, no one who would listen to me. She creates a safe space where she listens attentively to you, validates you & is able to give amazing feedback/advice. Our sessions have been so incredibly helpful and I’m grateful to have her support during this journey.

Reviewed April 2021

Karissa came into my life when I was at my lowest point. I had just been through an extremely traumatic experience and my anxiety was spiralling out of control. Karissa listens, helps me feel calmer, and gives me strategies to use when I am feeling overwhelmed. She replies with compassion and I feel that she is really easy to talk to. I've still got a long way to go but I'm confident that Karissa will help me to get there.

Reviewed March 2021

Karissa, has allowed me to self reflect on my emotions and feelings. Directing me to take them into consideration and process how I’m feeling. She’s patient with me and allows me to direct our sessions.

Reviewed March 2021

Karissa is absolutely amazing! She listens to my concerns, gives me facts about what’s is happening within the body and mind, and really makes me think about the issue/ root of the issue. I’ve never dug so deep into myself before and we’ve only had two sessions so far! I can’t wait to see where this journey takes me with karissa by my side

Reviewed March 2021

I’ve only had two sessions with Karissa so far, but I already feel like I’m learning so much about myself and making links between my past experiences and how the impact of them presents in my day to day life. For my first time having therapy, it’s been a really positive experience so far.

Reviewed March 2021

Karissa is very attentive and always finds time for me. I have found an instant rapport and greatly appreciate someone to share my thoughts with.

Reviewed November 2020

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Frequently asked questions

Does Karissa Thomas offer telehealth visits?

Yes. Karissa Thomas works with clients by exchanging messages, chatting live, speaking over the phone, or video conferencing based on what works for the client at that particular time.

What language(s) does Karissa Thomas speak?

Karissa Thomas speaks English.

How many years of experience does Karissa Thomas have?

Karissa Thomas has 7 years of experience.

Where is Karissa Thomas licensed to practice?

Karissa Thomas is licensed to practice in Michigan.

Does Karissa Thomas accept clients outside of the United States?

Yes, Karissa Thomas accepts clients outside of the United States.

Is online therapy as effective as in-person therapy?

Numerous studies support the effectiveness of online platforms in facilitating life changes. For instance, research published by JMIR Publications, conducted by teams from the University of Berkeley, UCSF, and SF General Hospital, found that "users of BetterHelp experienced significantly reduced depression symptom severity after engaging with the platform."

What treatment approaches does Karissa Thomas offer?

Karissa Thomas offers clients Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Gottman Method, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, and Internal Family Systems.

How can I communicate with Karissa Thomas?

Karissa Thomas can be engaged in any one of four ways: (1) Exchanging messages, (2) chatting live, (3) speaking over the phone, or (4) video conferencing. You can use different ways at different times as you wish, based on your needs, availability, and convenience.

How do I get started with Karissa Thomas?

Just tap the CHAT NOW button or tap here: A new window will open and you'll be directed to a simple form that will help start the conversation. Please note: It can take up to a few days to be matched to a therapist.

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