Karlee Shave
Practical, collaborative therapy for everyday struggles
LMSW Michigan
- Experience
- 6 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, LGBT, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Attachment-Based Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Karlee
Karlee Shave is a licensed master social worker in Michigan with six years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and struggles with self-esteem.
Background and approach
Karlee also brings experience supporting people who identify as LGBTQ and those managing chronic health concerns. Karlee aims to make therapy straightforward and practical.
She creates a calm, friendly space where clients can name what feels hard and try new ways of coping. Sessions usually involve building skills for managing emotions and improving communication, along with time to reflect on personal history and patterns.
Her approach adapts to each person. Sometimes she uses ideas from attachment work to look at past relationships and how they shape current bonds.
Other times she draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot and change unhelpful thinking. The Gottman Method also informs her work when relationship patterns are part of the concern.
Karlee treats the whole person, not just symptoms. She helps people set clear goals, practice tools between sessions, and notice small changes over time.
People who prefer a collaborative, practical style tend to find her approach helpful. She offers sessions through video calls, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging.
Karlee works with adults and young adults who want straightforward, supportive therapy that fits a busy life.
How her approaches translate to online work
Karlee integrates practical, relationship-aware approaches into online therapy so clients can work on real-life concerns from wherever they are. The Gottman Method offers concrete ways to notice and change harmful interaction patterns and to build better communication skills in close relationships. Attachment-Based Therapy helps uncover how early bonds still shape feelings and reactions today, which can be useful when someone wants to understand why they repeat certain patterns.She also uses client-centered ideas to keep sessions grounded in each person's priorities, listening first and tailoring the pace to what the client needs. Deciding which approach to use is collaborative; she will work with clients to choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and what feels most useful in session.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is helpful for deeper conversations and skill practice, phone sessions can fit a short break in the day or use less bandwidth, and messaging or live chat can be good for brief check-ins or when writing out thoughts is easier. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around work, school, or caregiving responsibilities.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
6+ years
Licensed in
Michigan
Languages
English