Karen Kerschmann — Psychotherapist in San Diego, CA

As a fellow psychotherapist, Karen is one of my most trusted referrals, resources, consultants and colleagues. She is sharp, knowledgeable, and human in her approach to care. Her vast experience and dedication to her education speaks for itself - paired with her authenticity, warmth, and reliability? Unmatched.

Karen is a highly skilled CBT therapist. She provides a safe, empathetic, and non-judgmental environment. Karen is deeply knowledgable and provides her clients the highest quality of care. I would strongly recommend Karen as a leading CBT therapist.

Karen is a thoughtful, caring, skilled clinician whose love of cognitive behavioral therapy is matched only by her skill in working with clients to lessen suffering by utilizing it. I often refer clients to Karen and would highly recommend her, particularly if you are suffering with symptoms of anxiety, panic, or OCD and are looking for an expert hand to help guide you through your pain.

Karen is so easy to work with and one of my first choices for referrals. I have enlisted Karen for trainings based on her expertise in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy as well. She is so knowledgeable, completely relatable, always compassionate and so dedicated to her work. I find Karen to be a truly authentic person and it shows with her clients and colleagues alike. She is a true gem and I would highly recommend her.

"Karen makes you feel comfortable in sharing and makes you feel understood. She is a highly skilled, supportive and competent therapist. She is able to communicate clearly and explain things in a way that you understand. She provides a sense of hope and has a genuine concern in your wellbeing and growth."

Karen has been my LCSW Supervisor and mentor since 2013. She has been instrumental in my success as a clinician. Her competence, expertise, intelligence, clinical judgment, empathy, personable approach and innate understanding of others needs has helped my personal and therapeutic growth exponentially. I am now a confident and knowledgeable clinician thanks to the guidance of Karen and her continued mentorship.

Karen is a terrific clinical supervisor. She fostered a safe learning environment for group supervision, which she tailored well to meet the specific needs of our group. I found Karen to be incredibly knowledgeable and very generous in sharing knowledge and resources. She has been so supportive of me and my professional growth, and I continue to utilize her as a resource. I strongly recommend Karen as a clinical supervisor.”

When I visit San Diego, I always try to meet with Karen. She is an experienced practioner, who exudes empathy, genuiness, and respectful interest in our discussions. She is always attentive and provides specific insightful feedback without any judgment. At times, Karen challenges me and my beliefs, which usually results in me seeing another perspective to the issue at hand. Her commitment to her work is evident as soon as you meet her.

Karen is a great practitioner. She made me feel completely at ease with the hypnotherapy process. I was skeptical but interested in hypnotherapy, I wasn't sure if I could be hypnotized, but I'm glad to say I was wrong. Karen did a great job at explaining the entire process to me before starting our session. I was impressed with her ability to ask questions that got to the core of what I needed, so she could work with me effectively. My sessions were on stress reduction and relaxation, and I felt great after each. She included posthypnotic suggestions that were very helpful. Also, unexpected, but very helpful were the homework assignments. I have seen therapists in the past and have never had “homework”. I found this very helpful in maintaining my progress and to help me further explore my issues. I would recommend Karen if you are looking for a “regular” or hypnotherapist is you are in need of one.

Karen is really easy to talk to. I enjoyed our sessions and got great benefit from them. Even the little things are worth working on. Battles in the family can build beyond a place that we can sometimes sort out on our own. Karen offered some great ideas of how to take my stress down a notch. Thanks for the encouragement.