- Anxiety and panic care
- Person-centered approach
- Works with family issues
About Karrie
Karrie Kudrna Behrent is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with seven years of experience helping people through anxiety, stress, depression, trauma, and ADHD. She offers calm, straightforward support for worry, panic-related concerns, and family conflict. Her style is warm and collaborative, and she focuses on helping clients find clearer thinking and steadier emotions.
She helps people who struggle with communication problems, relationship hurts, and feelings of emptiness or abandonment. She also supports those dealing with caregiver stress, chronic illness or pain, body image concerns, and workplace challenges. Karrie addresses issues tied to family of origin, divorce and separation, and reactions to domestic violence with attention to each person’s history and needs.
Karrie uses a person-centered, trauma-informed approach that centers the client's experience. She aims to create a respectful space where people can talk through guilt, shame, forgiveness, commitment worries, and impulsivity. Sessions emphasize practical steps clients can try between meetings to build confidence and reduce anxiety.
Her background includes work with mood disorders, posttraumatic stress, and life transitions such as postpartum changes and midlife questions. She draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to support clearer coping and symptom relief. Karrie practices in Wisconsin and offers services in English.
To begin, prospective clients follow the Start Therapy process on the site, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on availability. Costs vary with location and use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
Approaches that calm panic and build coping skills
Many clients benefit from evidence-based techniques that teach concrete skills. Cognitive approaches help people notice and change unhelpful thinking patterns that feed anxiety and panic; they include learning to identify thoughts, test them against facts, and try alternative, more balanced ideas. Behavioral strategies focus on gradual changes in activity and exposure to feared situations so panic becomes less controlling and everyday routines return.Trauma-informed and person-centered work emphasizes safety and pacing. This approach helps people who carry past hurts learn to tolerate strong emotions, build grounding tools, and strengthen relationships that support recovery. The therapist and client decide together which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Session formats are not listed in the biography, so please confirm what is currently offered before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, and letting people join from a quieter spot. Licensed professionals can use remote visits to maintain continuity through life transitions and to practice skills in real-world settings while working with a therapist to track progress.
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Experience
7+ years
Listed in
Wisconsin
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Karrie help with?
She works with anxiety, stress, depression, trauma, ADHD, and panic-related concerns, as well as family conflict and communication problems.
How does she approach therapy sessions?
Her style is person-centered and trauma-informed, focusing on collaboration and practical steps clients can use between sessions.
What is her clinical experience?
She has seven years of experience supporting people through mood disorders, posttraumatic stress, life transitions, and relationship challenges.
Where is she located and what credentials does she hold?
She practices in Wisconsin and holds the LPC credential, listed as WI LPC.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Session formats are not specified in the biography; please confirm current session options before booking.
How is cost handled?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started if I want to work with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.