Karissa Thomas, Licensed Master Social Worker, MI

Licensed

Online Counseling

(34 reviews)

LMSW, LCSW, SSW Karissa Thomas

Provides online counseling through BetterHelp

Mental health conditions are real, common and treatable.

And recovery is possible.

Karissa Thomas is an experienced, licensed Mental Health Professional who specializes in affordable online therapy offered through our partner, BetterHelp.

More about me

Licensing: LMSW, LCSW, SSW Years in Practice: 6 State: Michigan

Hi there! My name is Karissa and I am a Clinical Social Worker located in Michigan. My goal is to make you feel heard and understood - in order to help empower you to work through whatever struggle or stressor you may be dealing with. I come to you unrehearsed, with a non-judgmental, curious and genuine approach. I believe that you are the expert of your own experience and your own needs. I am practical and straight-forward, while also demonstrating compassion. I am not afraid to laugh with you as we go through our therapeutic journey together. Your honesty, openness and willingness to be vulnerable will be beautiful components of this process together.

About online counseling

Online counseling allows you to receive care from an online mental health practitioner via phone, video chat, or instant messaging. It is convenient for those who may have trouble getting to or would prefer not to have in-person therapy appointments. Starting at $65 per week, online counseling is generally more affordable than in-person counseling. A study by researchers at University of California, Berkeley found that online counseling can be just as effective as face-to-face therapy while being more convenient, affordable, and accessible.

Issues: Stress Anxiety Relationship issues Family conflicts Depression Compassion fatigue Addictions Trauma and abuse Grief Intimacy-related issues Eating disorders Parenting issues Self esteem Career difficulties Bipolar disorder Coping with life changes Coaching
Languages Spoken: English

Services offered

Professional, confidential, and judgment-free

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Reviews for Karissa Thomas

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Attentive and thorough

Planet earth’s best therapist!

Karissa has been a wonderful therapist to me over the last year. I’ve been able to come to terms with my loses and failures, and have started to improve my mental health. I would highly recommend her to anyone who requires support as she is kind, understanding, and always gives recommendations for next steps to take.

Always attentive and helpful when I am under a lot of stress and anguish.

Great listener and very relatable.

Karissa might just be the best therapist on the entire internet.

I've only recently started therapy but it's been an eye opening experience giving me better insight into my mental health and what I'm really going through. I'm really glad I started

Karissa has been truly lovely! I felt that I was in very safe hands and I can’t recommend or commend her services more.

Very helpful and insightful

Amazing therapist! So friendly and understanding! Has helped me tremendously

It was good what you doing really understand me.

Working with Karissa has been great! She has been so helpful and is quite knowledgeable on many things! I feel better every time I talk with her, which speaks volumes about her kind and welcoming approach. She sends weekly messages about specific topics that can be challenging to our mental health and gives tips and tricks to move past them - these have proven extremely useful to my everyday life. I would recommend her to anyone who was looking for a therapist

Karissa has helped me move through difficult issues I have been struggling with. I am still working on it, but things have greatly improved for me with her support.

I have only been with Karissa for a few weeks and I already feel like she has helped me so much. She listens intently and provides great feedback and allows me to look at things in a different deeper way.

Karissa is patient and kind, and she asks me good questions to help me see a new perspective on things I find challenging. It's easy for me to see solutions for others, but not as easy for myself. She also has great advice, offering many resources to help me understand things like examples of normal treatment from others (normal responses in different types of relationships), and homework to find the root or theme in whatever is challenging me. She is always encouraging, never judgmental, and helps me to find solutions so I can focus on balance, growth, and wellbeing. She's great!

I was very hesitant about starting therapy, but Karissa was very supportive and let me go at my own pace. She’s been very adaptive to my needs, and I was very surprised by how quickly I felt understood and heard. Karissa is knowledgeable and patient, and extremely thoughtful in her responses, I would recommend her to anyone that is ready to take their therapy seriously.

Karissa is great. I came to BetterHelp to try and tackle something specific- together we made great progress on this one issue, so much so that I felt and continue to feel comfortable working on all kinds of things. Karissa meets me where I am and does not patronize in any way- I've done loads of therapy over the years, I have a strong grasp of a lot of the basics, and I'm not here to hear about entry-level methods. Karissa heard and understood me when I said this, and has respected it since- Karissa trusted that I had done the learning I said I had, and it allowed us to skip a lot on the "ground floor" and get started with loftier work. Karissa is great, I'm wishing her the best in her latest adventures and looking forward to her return to the platform!

A few weeks into speaking with Karissa I definitely feel much better than I had when I began. Karissa is attentive and gives a lot of great insight to the things I have brought up in sessions. I'm very happy with how our sessions are progressing!

Karissa is great! She helps me see things in a way I hadn't considered. I look forward to our talks every week, either via chat or phone. She's always on time, responsive, and empathetic.

Karissa is amazing and so supportive and really takes the time to truly listen.

Karissa guided me through a difficult relationship issue. She is very caring and understanding and opened my eyes to a lot of self improvement skills. I’d recommend her and the BetterHelp service to anyone seeking to get ahead of regulating their emotions and navigating the world around them.

Karissa has giving me the support and guidance I need. She is here to encourage you, not judge you. She will listen and give you the tools you need to start you on a path of healing. She creates a safe place for you to be comfortable and open to discuss problems, that in some instances you may have never told anyone about. I am grateful to have her support on this journey.

Karissa is wonderful! She is an amazing listener, extremely validating and knowledgeable. She has always made me feel completely comfortable to be myself and has a lot of great insights when I’m drawing a blank. I would highly recommend her!

I love working with Karissa. She is very respectful and helps me work through what I’m feeling. She also makes me feel extremely comfortable like I’m talking to a friend. She also challenges me to think about things in different ways, and helps me to feel more confident in myself. I always look forward to my sessions with her (even the ones that can be more challenging).

It is early in the process but she is a great listener and provides feedback

I really appreciate all the conversations we already had. You help me see what is really behind my emotions and thoughts.

Karissa really listened to what I have been struggling with. She didn’t tell me what to do, as other counselors have done (with negative results). She validated my feelings, offered me perspective, and has really helped me learn through example how to process, reflect, and not let my anxieties overtake my state of mind. She is warm, friendly, and exactly the person I needed to talk through life.

It has been so wonderful and helpful to be working with Karissa. She listens intently, and always offers a new perspective or a suggestion on something new to try that may help me. I appreciate the time and effort that goes into her weekend send-offs that offer insight into a topic to explore on my own or in our sessions. From the very beginning she was very responsive and addressed any concerns I had right away and took the time to get to know what I was looking for in therapy. I highly recommend Karissa!

Karissa is amazing! I began sessions with her when I felt I had no one in the world to talk to, no one who would listen to me. She creates a safe space where she listens attentively to you, validates you & is able to give amazing feedback/advice. Our sessions have been so incredibly helpful and I’m grateful to have her support during this journey.

Karissa came into my life when I was at my lowest point. I had just been through an extremely traumatic experience and my anxiety was spiralling out of control. Karissa listens, helps me feel calmer, and gives me strategies to use when I am feeling overwhelmed. She replies with compassion and I feel that she is really easy to talk to. I've still got a long way to go but I'm confident that Karissa will help me to get there.

Karissa, has allowed me to self reflect on my emotions and feelings. Directing me to take them into consideration and process how I’m feeling. She’s patient with me and allows me to direct our sessions.

Karissa is absolutely amazing! She listens to my concerns, gives me facts about what’s is happening within the body and mind, and really makes me think about the issue/ root of the issue. I’ve never dug so deep into myself before and we’ve only had two sessions so far! I can’t wait to see where this journey takes me with karissa by my side

I’ve only had two sessions with Karissa so far, but I already feel like I’m learning so much about myself and making links between my past experiences and how the impact of them presents in my day to day life. For my first time having therapy, it’s been a really positive experience so far.

Karissa is very attentive and always finds time for me. I have found an instant rapport and greatly appreciate someone to share my thoughts with.

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