Karey Thompson, LISW

Karey Thompson is an Ohio-licensed independent social worker, LISW, with 16 years of clinical experience. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, relationships, family concerns, self-esteem, and coping with life changes, including codependency-related patterns.

She spent much of her career in community mental health. There she saw people in individual and group settings and supported a wide range of everyday struggles. Over recent years she has also worked with first responders and with members of the Ohio Army National Guard.

Karey uses approaches that focus on relationships and present experience. She draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early bonds shape current patterns. Client-centered techniques are used so conversations follow the client’s pace and priorities.

Mindfulness and motivational interviewing show up in session as simple practices and goal-focused conversations. These tools are used to help people notice habits, clarify what matters, and take manageable steps toward change. Existential ideas can come into play when people want to examine life meaning and choices.

Her background includes a Master of Social Work from The Ohio State University and clinical years supporting adults, adolescents, and families. Karey is also a 200-hour yoga instructor with training in trauma-sensitive yoga, an interest she sometimes weaves into discussions about body awareness and stress.

Sessions are collaborative and practical. She helps people sort patterns like people-pleasing, trouble saying no, living around another person's drinking or moods, and the strain of caregiving so they can make clearer choices about their next steps.

How her approaches translate to online sessions