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Karen Lau, LCSW

She/Her
Accepting New Clients

Primary Address

Street Address 1
Telehealth only
Zip/Postal Code
94612

Summary

Practice Description
I am a licensed psychotherapist (LCSW) with professional background in career counseling and executive coaching prior to being a therapist. I truly enjoy working directly with individuals on helping them grow. I treat specifically in the areas of stress, anxiety, and trauma. In addition, I also work with clients to manage transitions, grief, work culture, and family/relational concerns to stay resilient and grow in self-esteem. I consider myself South Asian Chinese and enjoy working tremendously with expats, immigrants and early generation AAPIDA individuals. A large portion of my panel are AAPIDA folks facing the challenges of intergenerational and/or intercultural communication concerns affecting various aspects of life (dating, marital, family, health, and work/career progression). I speak Cantonese fluently and am conversational in Mandarin.

Services Offered

  • Individual

Ages Served

  • Adults
  • Older Adults (65+)

Areas of Focus

  • Anxiety
  • Career Counseling
  • Chronic Illness
  • Chronic Pain
  • Codependency
  • Coping Skills
  • Depression
  • Family Conflict
  • Grief
  • Life Coaching
  • Life Transitions
  • Marital and Premarital
  • Peer Relationships
  • Racial Identity
  • Relationship Issues
  • Self Esteem
  • Trauma and PTSD
  • Women's Issues

Theoretical Orientation(s)

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
  • Career Counseling
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
  • EMDR
  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)
  • Mindfulness
  • Multicultural
  • Trauma Focused

Provider Ethnic Identities

  • Asian
  • Southeast Asian

Conversational Proficiency Languages

  • Chinese - Cantonese
  • Chinese - Mandarin
  • English

Professional Proficiency Languages

  • English

License 1

Type
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
Primary License State
California
Primary License Number
66594
Licensed Since
2016

License 2

Type
Other

Additional Credentials

  • Worldwide Business Association RCC (Registered Corporate Coach) since 2009

Education

  • Columbia University, NY

Payment Types Accepted

  • Insurance
  • Self Pay

Insurance Accepted

Specify Other Insurance
Modern Health

More Information

Telehealth
Yes
Sliding Scale
Yes
Hourly Rate Type
Range
Min Price
155
Max price
195