She has served the foster care and migrant community of Santa Cruz County for the last 15 years; prior to that, she worked in autism recovery and juvenile detention diversion programs. She utilizes Energy Psychology interventions in her sessions and researches energy medicine modalities; her dissertation is titled, “A Quantitative Study of Deeksha’s Effects on Anxiety and Body Awareness”. She is currently in private practice integrating bio- and neurofeedback for self-referring clients while launching a psychoeducational website for attachment parenting. Karen has taught graduate therapy students in small institutions and trained collateral professionals in a variety of settings.