Karen Coupe, LPC

Karen Coupe is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in New Jersey with 25 years of experience. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, career concerns, depression, addictions, intimacy-related issues, eating concerns, anger, self-esteem, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes. She also addresses codependency and related patterns such as attachment and abandonment struggles.

Karen uses straightforward conversations to help people notice what keeps them stuck. Sessions focus on practical steps and on learning new ways to respond rather than repeating old patterns. She listens for patterns in relationships and daily life that drain energy or increase anxiety.

Her approach blends Client-Centered Therapy, where the conversation is shaped around the person in the room, with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also draws on Solution-Focused Therapy to set small, achievable goals and track progress between meetings.

Karen has worked in inpatient, outpatient, and private practice settings. That range means she has experience with crisis situations and with steady, long-term work. She aims to help people build clearer boundaries, reduce people-pleasing, and regain a sense of direction after trauma, loss, or major life change.

Sessions emphasize practical skills, clearer communication, and manageable steps for change. People who feel overwhelmed by others’ needs or stuck in repetitive relationship patterns often find her methods direct and goal-oriented.

How her approaches are used in online sessions