Kareen Caputo
MA, MSSA, LISW
Kareen began her education and professional career in France, earning an MS degree in psychology in 1989. She moved to the United States in 1991 and obtained an MS in social sciences at Case Western Reserve University in 1995. Her professional experience in family therapy and individual counseling took place in various settings: behavioral health agencies, psychiatric hospitals, and behavioral health private practice. Her specialties led her to work with clients struggling with clinical depression, anxiety disorders, ADD/ADHD, addiction and relapse prevention, family and couples counseling, parenting, stress management, self-esteem, grief and loss issues as well as childhood trauma.
Kareen incorporates a variety of theories and methodologies in her approach to behavioral health and views the therapeutic process as a journey back to wholeness. “I have made the following discoveries about the therapeutic approach: I learned that “guiding a process” is very different from “helping a client”. When you help a client you implicitly send the message that a person might not have the resources to change and this can be disempowering for many people. However when you “guide a process” you allow clients to recover their strength and see themselves as competent, strong, and resilient.
