About Karem
Karem Garza-Solis is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Utah. She brings 11 years of experience helping people facing anxiety, stress, addictions, grief, and major life changes. Karem works in both English and Spanish and aims to make therapy easy to access for those who prefer online formats.
Karem creates a calm, non-judgmental space where people can talk about hard feelings. She focuses on building practical coping skills and growing self-compassion.
Background and approach
Short-term goals and small steps are common parts of her work together with clients. Her approach draws on methods that help people change unhelpful thoughts and learn new behaviors. She also uses practices that encourage values-based action and stronger emotion regulation.
Sessions often include specific strategies to manage panic, reduce avoidance, and address low self-esteem. Many sessions explore communication patterns and relationship stress in a way that looks for concrete changes. Karem helps people facing blended family concerns, divorce or separation, caregiver strain, and parenting stress.
She also supports those dealing with substance misuse and recovery-related challenges. Karem pays attention to cultural background and how identity shapes life choices. She helps people work through guilt, shame, and questions about life purpose.
Her style is collaborative - she partners with each person to try techniques that fit their situation. People who like a straightforward, skills-focused approach often find this work useful. Karem emphasizes pacing that fits each person, offering a mix of practical tools and reflective conversation to promote steady progress.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters most and take action toward those values even when emotions are difficult. It is useful for stress, low motivation, and getting unstuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can reduce anxiety, panic, and mood symptoms.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Karem works together with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and comfort level. That collaboration means techniques can be adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skill practice. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, tracking skills, and staying connected between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to continue progress from wherever a person is available.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Addictions
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Utah
- Languages
- English, Spanish