Karen Ihrig

INTRO & EXPERTISE: Karen (she/her) is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and therapist with 12 years experience working as a therapist in community mental health, after graduating with her Masters in Social Work in 2012. Karen is the practice owner and therapist at Here With You Therapy, which was founded in 2023. Karen has an eclectic, person-centered approach to therapy, with specializations in traumatic grief, expressive arts and complex trauma. Karen chose the name "Here With You Therapy" to represent the meaningful impact of compassionate presence and intersubjective connection within the therapy room, where clients are seen, valued and honored for who they are, in their authenticity and humanity. Karen is a certified provider of Compassionate Bereavement Care® and is passionate about offering a healing and heartful space for grievers. Karen is a certified developmental trauma therapist under the NeuroAffective Relational Model, providing interwoven top-down (cognitive/mind) and bottom-up (somatic/body) trauma therapy for CPTSD, relational and attachment trauma. Karen is a neurodivergent (diagnosed inattentive ADHD) and queer therapist who has niches in providing therapy for the LGBTQIA+, neurodivergent, consensually non-monogamous and non-traditional communities. She currently has openings for individual therapy for adults 18+. PRACTICE VALUES: Here With You Therapy strives to cultivate a safe and secure therapy environment for all humans. Here With You Therapy welcomes all races, ethnicities, religious affiliations, spiritual beliefs, sexual orientations, relationship structures, gender identities, all bodies and ability levels. We are an anti-oppressive practice that strives for inclusivity and invests in continual learning, to further decolonize our practice, acknowledge our privilege, and address implicit bias internalized by living in White Cis-Heteropatriarchy. INVESTMENT OVERVIEW: Please note that Here With You Therapy services only accepts private pay at this time and does not accept insurance. Superbills are available for clients with out-of-network benefits. The standard private pay rate per session is $150 per 60 minutes. Ask about our "Radically Sliding Scale" payment structure for a range of discounted options, where you discern what fee is equitable and doable to sustain ongoing access to our therapy services. CONSULT AVAILABILITY: Thank you for your curiosity and interest in Here With You Therapy. It's truly an honor to be considered for therapy, where fit is so important. You are invited to contact Karen for a free 15-30 minute consult call, to meet Karen and explore if Here With You Therapy is the right therapy fit for you.