Lori Karny, LCSW
- 25 years of Experience
- United States
- Beverly Hills, California
Specialties: Aging, Anxiety, Attachment Disorders, Bipolar Disorder, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Career Counseling, Marital / Premarital, Depression, Dissociative Disorders, Education/Personal Development, Family Conflict, Grief, Immigration/Newcomer, Interpersonal Relationships, Life Transitions, Men's Issues, Multicultural Issues, OCD, Parenting, Personality Disorders, Phobias, Physical Illness/Impairment, Postpartum, Psychosomatic, Sexual Orientation, Sexuality Issues, Sleep or Insomnia, Spirituality, Stress, Suicidal Thoughts, Trauma / PTSD, Women's Issues
Specialties
Aging, Anxiety, Attachment Disorders, Bipolar Disorder, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Career Counseling, Marital / Premarital, Depression, Dissociative Disorders, Education/Personal Development, Family Conflict, Grief, Immigration/Newcomer, Interpersonal Relationships, Life Transitions, Men's Issues, Multicultural Issues, OCD, Parenting, Personality Disorders, Phobias, Physical Illness/Impairment, Postpartum, Psychosomatic, Sexual Orientation, Sexuality Issues, Sleep or Insomnia, Spirituality, Stress, Suicidal Thoughts, Trauma / PTSD, Women's Issues
Languages
English, French, Hebrew
Age Group Focus
Adults, Seniors
Treatment Approaches
Advocacy, Art Therapy, Behavioral, Case Management, Coaching, Cognitive Behavioral (CBT), Contemplative, Crisis Intervention, Dream Work or Analysis, Eclectic, Education Consultation, Emotionally Focused, Ericksonian, Evaluation/Diagnostic, Existential Psychotherapy, Expressive Therapy, Feminist, Geriatric Consultation, Holistic, Humanistic, Imago, Information and Referral, Integrative, Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), Jungian, Long-Term, Mediation, Meditation/Relaxation, Mindfulness Based Approaches, Outreach, Parent Guidance, Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), Person-Centered (Rogerian), Play Therapy, Prevention, Psycho-Educational, Psychodynamic, Relational, Sex Therapy, Short-Term (Brief Treatment), Social Support, Somatic, Systemic, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR), Vocational Counseling/Rehabilitation
Issues
Addiction, Adoption, Anger Management, Child Abuse and Neglect, Dementia, Dual Diagnosis, Eating Disorders, Elder Abuse, Gender Identity, Infertility, Memory Problems, Neurological, Pain Management, Psychoses/Major Mental Illness, Self Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Disorders, Tourette's Disorder, Traumatic Brain Injury
State License
California
About Lori Karny
Lori maintains a psychotherapy private practice in Beverly Hills assisting adults, teens, couples and families. Her areas of interest include the treatment of depression, anxiety, grief, relationship transitions, living with chronic illness, adults pursuing career changes or experiencing academic challenges. Lori enjoys working with people who are creative and artistically expressive.
Lori works with clients of all ages to explore relationship challenges, to develop personal autonomy, to enhance professional creativity and confidence.
As a couples therapist, Lori helps couples and families in conflict to articulate relational concerns or discuss parenting, intimacy, communication and change. Lori provides geriatric consultation for family members regarding aging relatives. In addition, she facilitates adult psychotherapy groups for men and women.
Lori has a degree in literature, and master’s degrees in Clinical Social Work and Gerontology. She supervises graduate students and provides clinical consultation to interns. She was an instructor at Yo San University of Chinese Medicine, continues as a Clinical Supervisor at The Maple Counseling Center and is a Clinical Instructor at the UCLA School of Medicine Systems Based Healthcare.