Karina Karys

Karina Karys
Social Worker
Populations: Adolescents, Adults
Location(s): Virtual, Vaughan, Toronto, Brampton

Biography

Karina (she/her/hers) obtained her Master of Social Work degree from FIFSW, University of Toronto, with a specialization in Social Justice and Diversity. She graduated from George Brown College, Assaulted Women’s and Children’s Counsellor/Advocate program, and she has been supporting clients since entering the social work field in 2018. Karina is registered with OCSWSSW. She is passionate about providing counselling services to Survivors of trauma, rooting her practice in evidence-based approaches of Narrative Therapy, Mindfulness, trauma-informed Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, as well as Solution-Focused Brief Therapy. She obtained her ASIST training and she provides counselling services from a harm-reduction, anti-racist and anti-oppressive perspective. Her services are culturally-informed and she views clients as experts of their experiences.

Karina has extensive experience in supporting Survivors of trauma (ages 12 and above) including gender-based violence, intimate partner violence, and human trafficking. Karina provides counselling support to folx who are impacted by systemic and structural forms of oppression. She grounds her services in values of compassion and integrity, where clinical care comes from a place of non-judgment and a drive to provide an exceptional experience of mental health services.

Her areas of interest and experience are as follows: anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, emotion dysregulation, life transitions, grief, and relationship stress.

Karina provides services in Toronto, Vaughan, and Brampton locations: both in-person and virtual sessions are available. Currently, she supports adolescents (ages 12 and above) and adults who experienced trauma. Karina is fluent in English and Polish.

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