Karen
Leah Krulevitch, M.A. is a licensed Marriage and Family
Therapist who has been living in Santa Barbara
county since 1972. She has been in the counseling field
for over 30 years and has held California M.F.T. licensure
since August 1980.
Working out of her rustic cottage offices in an historic
part of downtown Santa Barbara on charming Brinkerhoff
Avenue, Karen specializes in the issues of healthy sexuality
for women and heterosexual and same sex couples. She has
many years' experience in helping Adults Molested as Children
(A.M.A.C.), as well as the male and female partners of
sexual abuse survivors.
In
her long career as a mental health professional, Karen
has also helped her many clients address such issues as
improving communication skills, gaining assertiveness,
building self-esteem, and dealing with depression and
anxiety, as well as coping with loss and the grieving
process. Most recently, Karen has developed a special
interest in guiding men and women with chronic illness,
especially Rheumatoid Arthritis, to new ways of healing
their physical and emotional pain.
Karen's fee is $150 per therapeutic hour (and will accept
sliding scale fee for clients in need). She currently
accepts Blue Cross insurance, h.m.o and p.p.o. She is
an excellent community resource for support/therapy groups,
as well as individual psychotherapy
and couples' counseling. While many of her clients think
of her as their "feelings doctor" and return
periodically for ' emotional tune ups', she also offers
short-term therapy as well.
Karen's approach is warm and empathetic, yet gently confrontive
or directive when needed. Her style is eclectic, having
been trained in Gestalt therapy, Rogerian active listening,
and client-centered techniques.
Please call Karen Krulevitch for a brief (ten minutes)
free-of-charge consultation, and to make an appointment.
Some evening and Saturday sessions are available.