Cairn's Counseling Center

Cairn: /'Kern/ n. a pile of rocks on a trail meant to mark the way.

Guiding you on Life's Journey

Compassionate, trauma-informed care

I'm passionate about providing a safe space where you can find healing, transformation, and growth. Whether you're experiencing an emotional struggle, relationship difficulty, life transition, or unresolved trauma, I will guide you through the process of change with empathy, support, and knowledge.

Healing • Transformation • Growth

Karen with a cairn in the woods

Why Work With Me?

My name is Karen Ritchie and I am a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, LCMHC. I have a Bachelors Degree in Psychology and Master's Degree in Counseling and Family Studies. I have over 23 years of experience and I love being a therapist! I am passionate about my job and feel it’s a sacred privilege to create a safe nurturing relationship with each client where I can deeply understand their life story and together implement a plan of healing, transformation, and growth.

Additionally, as a person, I have faced my own share of deep traumas, hardships and heartaches. I see these now as resented gifts that have helped me find within deeper humility, empathy, and compassion, and a much greater understanding of wounding, trauma, and the healing process. These experiences and working on my own healing have helped me become a much wiser and attuned therapist.

I combine deep empathy, clinical expertise, and evidence-based practices to support your healing journey. My approach is collaborative, compassionate, and tailored to your unique needs.

  • Safe, nurturing space where you can process your most difficult struggles
  • Collaborative partnership to discover your strengths and goals
  • Root cause healing that goes beyond symptom management
  • Guiding you to your inner wisdom for lasting transformation
Karen - Licensed Therapist

My Treatment Philosophy

Healing occurs in a safe, attuned therapeutic relationship where clients are deeply understood, accepted, and supported in addressing the root causes of their distress rather than merely managing symptoms.

Healing

Creating a safe space to process trauma, grief, and difficult emotions

Transformation

Discovering your inner wisdom and resolving root causes

Growth

Building new skills and confidence for lasting change

I will work with you collaboratively to discover your strengths, needs, and goals. Together, we’ll explore new and more effective ways to cope with and change difficult situations, distorted thinking patterns, dysregulated emotional patterns, ineffective behavioral patterns, and unresolved traumatic material-helping you find the transformation and growth you are seeking.

What Our Clients Say

Karen has a unique gift for helping people feel truly seen and valued. I can honestly say she is the most compassionate and dedicated therapist I have ever worked with. She combines deep empathy, insight, and patience in a way that makes me feel completely seen, heard, and supported. Karen has created a safe, nurturing space where I can open up about even my most difficult struggles. With her guidance, I've been able to experience healing I never thought possible and have found the confidence to trust my own inner wisdom. My work with Karen has truly been life-changing, and I feel so fortunate to have her care and support.
- Maggie
Karen is the absolute best! She makes me feel so at home and comfortable and MOST importantly heard. I feel like I can say anything without being judged. I was nervous at first to start therapy but with Karen there is nothing to be nervous about!
- McKennah
Karen! I just wanted to say thank you. Looking back, the work I did with you has been life changing. You helped me gain the skills necessary to slow down, drop the perfectionism, be more in control of my emotions, heal my past trauma and step into this next chapter with confidence ♥️ I just hope you know how important the work you do is! Thank you 🙏🏻
- D. Davidson
Thank you so much Karen 😭😭 really what you do for me and for others is life changing, thank you for EVERYTHING. You really do make such a huge impact. I hope that one day, if not in this life in the next, you will get to see just how much you have blessed my life and also saved it.
- Mary

Ready to Begin Your Journey?

Taking the first step toward therapy can feel daunting, but you don't have to navigate this journey alone. I offer a free 15-minute consultation to help you feel comfortable and see if we're a good fit. I'm here to provide a safe space and guide you toward healing, transformation, and growth.

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