Karen Stockham

About Me

I help adults, couples, and families move through hard seasons with clarity and practical skills. My signature specialty is family estrangement and complex dynamics (no-contact, reconciliation planning, boundaries). I also coach couples to de-escalate conflict and rebuild trust, and individuals to reduce stress/anxiety and navigate grief or life transitions.

My style is structured, warm, and skills-based. We’ll clarify goals, map patterns, and practice tools you can use right away, communication scripts, nervous-system regulation, boundary language, and weekly routines that actually stick. Between sessions, you’ll have simple experiments and gentle accountability so progress continues.

I bring 30+ years as a licensed psychotherapist (LPCC, NM), and I’m a Certified Clini-Coach®. Sessions are by secure video; a 30-minute free consultation is followed by 55-minute weekly or biweekly sessions. If you’re unsure where to begin, start with a free 30-minute consult. We’ll identify one doable next step for this week.

Coaching with me

Results & Goals

What clients can expect:

1. Less reactivity; more steadiness in tough moments
2. Clear decisions about contact, reconciliation, or healthy distance
3. Communication skills: scripts for hard talks; repair after ruptures
4. Boundaries that hold, with language you can actually say
5. Couples tools: de-escalation, trust-building, shared agreements
6. Anxiety regulation: brief practices + simple weekly structure
7. Grief support: language and rituals to move with loss, not around it
8. Improved self-trust and follow-through via gentle accountability

What our work includes:

1. Goal setting and safety planning tailored to your situation
2. Practice of regulation tools and communication exercises in session
3. Between-session prompts/resources; brief email recaps when helpful
4. Periodic progress checks so we adjust what isn’t working

You’ll leave each session with one practical step, something small, clear, and doable before we meet again.

How I like to coach

I coach in a warm, direct, and skills-based way. We start by clarifying goals and safety, then build a simple plan you can use immediately. In session, we map patterns, slow things down, and practice: nervous-system downshifts, communication scripts, boundary language, and weekly routines that stick.

For couples, we focus on de-escalation, repair after ruptures, and agreements you both can keep. For families/estrangement, we honor the full contact spectrum, from no-contact to structured reconnection, with step-by-step options and clear boundaries. For individuals, we pair anxiety regulation with practical structure and gentle accountability.

Cadence & structure: 30-minute FREE Consultation; 55-minute weekly or biweekly sessions. You’ll leave each meeting with one doable action and brief notes/resources. We review progress every 4–6 sessions and adjust what isn’t working.

Offerings

Coaching

I help individuals, couples, and families move through hard seasons with practical skills. Sessions are structured and paced to your nervous system. We’ll clarify goals, map patterns, and practice tools you can use right away, communication scripts, boundary language, anxiety-downshift practices, and simple weekly routines. A 30-minute free consultation is followed by 55-minute weekly or biweekly sessions. Between meetings, you’ll get brief notes, light practice, and gentle accountability. Specialties include family estrangement (from no-contact to structured reconnection), couples repair, stress/anxiety, and grief. Coaching may be available across state lines; psychotherapy only where I’m licensed.