- Guilt and shame
- ACT and CBT approaches
- Trauma recovery
About Karyn
Karyn Borrego is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Arizona with seven years of clinical experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and life transitions. Karyn names additional focus areas including guilt and shame, codependency, midlife concerns, and recovery from sexual assault and domestic violence.
She uses practical therapy methods rather than abstract labels. Sessions often involve talking through feelings, learning tools to manage strong emotions, and practicing small changes that fit daily life. Karyn draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and client-centered approaches to guide that work.
Her practice includes attention to how faith and personal values shape decisions and feelings when clients bring those concerns. She helps people clarify what matters to them and notice how their actions line up with those values. That can be useful when guilt or shame is tied to beliefs, role expectations, or past choices.
Karyn has particular experience supporting women with social anxiety, relationship difficulties, midlife transitions, and trauma recovery. In sessions she focuses on building coping skills, improving communication, and reducing patterns that keep someone stuck. She explains tools clearly and practices them together with the person in session.
People who want to start are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. Karyn works in Arizona and conducts sessions in English.
How her approaches translate to online work
Karyn draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her work. ACT focuses on helping people identify their values and take small steps toward them even when painful feelings are present. It can help when guilt or shame keeps someone avoidant or stuck. CBT looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact, and uses practical exercises to test unhelpful beliefs and build different habits that reduce distress.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That means trying practices, checking what helps, and adjusting as needed rather than committing to one method from the start.
The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people practice new skills in everyday contexts and bring real-life situations into conversation during sessions.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
7+ years
Listed in
Arizona
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and coping with life changes. Additional focuses include guilt and shame, codependency, and midlife issues.
How would she approach guilt or shame in sessions?
She uses approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and CBT to help name painful feelings, notice unhelpful patterns, and try new behaviors that align with personal values.
What is her background and experience?
She has seven years of clinical experience working with adults on anxiety, trauma recovery, relationship concerns, and life transitions.
What credential does she hold and where does she practice?
She is an LPC, a Licensed Professional Counselor, practicing in Arizona.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
The original profile does not list specific session formats. Confirm current session options before booking to know which formats are offered.
How are session costs handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions are billed through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.