About Karen Gillis
Karen works with teens, students, young adults, and professionals navigating perfectionism, OCD, ADHD, anxiety, and burnout. Many of the people she sees are capable and driven, and used to holding things together even when they’re overwhelmed, overthinking everything, or exhausted from trying to keep up.
Therapy doesn’t need to become another thing you have to be good at.
Karen’s approach is collaborative. You bring your experience of being you, she brings her experience as a therapist, and you figure things out together. Sometimes that means practical skills, and sometimes it means understanding why your brain does what it does. She draws on CBT, DBT, ACT, and trauma informed and attachment based approaches, with more than 10 years as a therapist and 20 in mental health.
As a queer therapist, Karen offers a genuinely affirming space for LGBTQ+ clients, whether identity is part of why you’re coming in or has nothing to do with it.
There’s room in her office for humour, tangents, bad weeks, and showing up without knowing what to talk about. You can come as you are.
Works With
- Burnout and Stress
- ADHD and Neurodivergence
- Anxiety
- OCD
- Depression
- Life Transitions
- Relationships
- Teen Therapy
Focus Areas & Training
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Each of us has our own training, focus, and way of working.
Meredith Armstrong, MSW, RSW
Owner, Social Worker, Psychotherapist
Meredith Armstrong is a Registered Social Worker and the owner of St. Lawrence Psychotherapy and Wellness. She has been doing this work since 2001, and it has never once felt like just a job to her.
Jim Page, MS, RSW
Social Worker, Psychotherapist
Jim is a Registered Social Worker with a Master of Science in Human Services from Capella University, MN. He has more than 20 years of experience providing individual, couple and family therapy in private practice as well as community agency and hospital outpatient settings.
Genevieve Fincher, MSW, RSW
Social Worker
Genevieve Fincher is a classically trained clinical social worker who graduated from the University of South Carolina and has over 20 years of experience working in adult and children’s mental health.
You don’t need to know exactly what to say.
A first conversation is just that. No pressure, no expectations.