Karen Klementowski

Everyone faces difficulties in life. These difficulties can be experienced as disappointment, challenge, adversity, or trauma. People cope with their struggles the best that they can with the resources they have available. When these difficult situations cause a person to have problems functioning, attaining their goals, or feeling satisfied with their life it can be helpful to work with a professional mental health therapist. This can help by having someone to talk with about their difficulties, especially if it is something traumatic that they struggle to share with other people in their life. I work from a resilience based integrative model in a positive psychology framework. I help clients use and develop their social, emotional, and thinking intelligences along with fostering optimism, focusing effort to achieve their goals, accepting what cannot be changed, and creating a personal understanding of the meaning of their life. I truly believe that all people have the capacity to be resilient – to bounce back from difficult, and even traumatic situations – and have a growth mindset that can help improve their mood, everyday functioning, and social relationships. I look forward to helping you realize your resilience.