Karen is an experienced Licensed Clinical Social Worker and has a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, Level 2 who is passionate for helping her clients find fulfillment in their lives. Her strength is empathy, listening compassionately while creating a warm, comfortable space for clients to feel safe and be able to open up. She helps her clients reach their goals through an approach that blends self-acceptance with fostering change and growth. She is open-minded, nonjudgmental, and strives to be culturally competent.
Karen is skilled at helping older teens and adults of all ages who are dealing with a variety of issues, including depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, grief, trauma, relationship issues, and various life transitions and stressors. Karen understands that everyone’s needs are different; she takes the time to get to know each client as an individual and to work with them to determine their specific goals.
With many years of experience as a therapist, she has a versatile skill set, utilizing techniques from Psychodynamic Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Karen is also trained in Cognitive Processing Therapy, which is an effective treatment for PTSD. If you are struggling to deal with the ongoing effects of trauma, Karen would love to help you find relief from your distress.
Karen was raised in Baltimore, earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees at Rutgers University in New Jersey, and has now lived in the Nashville area for 7 years. In her free time, Karen loves spending time with her family and her two dogs. She enjoys cooking, hiking, traveling, and enjoying all that beautiful Middle Tennessee has to offer.
After a successful 14-year career in IT, Forward Counseling’s provider Trina Rogers, LPC-A, returned to a calling shaped in childhood when she first witnessed unaddressed grief and mental health challenges in her community. Grounded in a trauma-informed framework that integrates CBT, DBT, ACT, IFS, and Compassion-Focused Therapy, Trina approaches care as a collaborative partnership where adults can safely dismantle survival armor, navigate complex transitions, and rewrite their internal narratives. Below, our in-depth Q&A explores her clinical philosophy, multi-modality toolkit, and deep commitment to helping clients step into lasting mental wealth.