Individual therapy
Anxiety and depression
Attachment and family of origin issues
Complex childhood trauma
Guilt and shame
Dating and relationship issues
Spiritual and existential exploration
You’re here because something feels off.
You thought life was supposed to be a certain way: love, a satisfying career, a loyal community, maybe a family of your own. Things were supposed to make sense that way.
But something has fallen apart — your relationship, your family, life as you knew it — and you’re heartbroken. You can’t make sense of what happened.
Or maybe things have always felt like a struggle for as long as you can remember, and you’re tired of fighting your way through life.
You’re worried that there’s something wrong with you.
Maybe you’re not meant to have what everyone else has.
Maybe you’ll never find lasting peace and happiness.
Maybe life will always be this hard.
And if you don’t figure out how to do things right…
Maybe you’ll end up alone.
And that’s terrifying.
I’m so glad you found me.
As your therapist, I join with you first and foremost as a fellow human who has suffered in this life just as you have.
Life is hard. It’s chaotic, unpredictable, unforgiving, and at times thoroughly disorienting and confusing.
And it’s also beautiful, surprising, inspiring, generous, and miraculous. But the darkness of anxiety, shame, trauma, and depression can block us from seeing and experiencing that side of it.
I’m here to guide you through that darkness to find the true power that lives within you. I promise you it’s there.
And when you’re grounded in that power, when you stand strong in the deep knowing of who you truly are, you can meet all of life with confidence, steadiness, and wisdom instead of fear, helplessness, and despair.
I know you can do it.
Let’s go.
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Karel Chan, LPC, LMHC
I see my role of therapist as nothing short of a blessing. To walk on your path alongside you and witness your deepest heart is an unparalleled gift.
I have the requisite degrees, trainings, and certifications to allow me to call myself a therapist, but I don’t consider those to be my true qualifications.
I’ve walked my own long road of anguish and despair and healed from years of anxiety, depression, and complex childhood trauma. Today, I am grounded, focused, confident, and most importantly, at peace with what I have been both given and denied in this lifetime.
It is my own process of falling apart, healing, and transformation that has enabled me to hold expansive presence for you, your story, your most exquisite pain. I understand suffering, how it plagues you, and how to meet you in it with unwavering compassion to guide you to do the same.
Everything I bring to you in therapy, I have studied, practiced, and experienced for myself. I live my work, and I’m honored to join you in this beautiful journey of opening and healing.
After working with Karel, I have come to a place of better acceptance, less shame, and more self love. Karel is highly skilled in creating a bridge between your thought patterns that might overpower your deepest desires and needs. The investment I’ve made in my time spent with her has been worth every penny.
~ Lora L.
