Karly Porto, LPCC, LADC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor -
My name is Karly Porto and my primary goal is to help you explore your meaning in life by using collaboration and evidence-based treatment approaches. I am a dually licensed clinician and I specialize in treating trauma, substance use disorders, mood disorders, and personality disorders. I am a licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and Alcohol and Drug Counselor and Board Approved Clinical Supervisor for LPC/LPCC candidates. My therapeutic approach is both compassionate and direct. I treat a wide variety of mental health disorders and see every diagnosis in the context of how the individual experiences the symptoms. My clinical experience enables me to offer effective, evidence-based, and strength-based individualized psychotherapy. I have been trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR), CBT, DBT, Motivational Interviewing, and Existential Therapy.
I embrace clients’ individuality in my clinical work and believe clients are the experts in their own lives they just may be stuck and need help finding their own meaning. My focus is to help individuals heal, energize, and become aware of their inner strengths. I hope to achieve this by providing a neutral safe space and collaborating with you in order to customize an individualized treatment plan and therapy goals. My goal is to help you grow from your struggles, heal from your pain, and move forward to where you want to be.
Think we would be a good fit? I would love to connect!
Skills and Expertise
Abortion Issues
Abuse / Survivors of Abuse
Academic Underachievement
Addiction
Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
Adjustment to College
Adult
Alcohol Use
Anxiety
Attachment Issues
Bipolar Disorder
body dysmorphia
Body Image
Borderline Personality
Career Counseling
Caregiver Issues or Stress
Chronic Illness or Disability
Chronic Impulsivity
Chronic Pain
Chronic Pain or Illness
Chronic Relapse
Codependency
Commitment Issues
Control Issues
Coping Mechanisms
Depression
Dissociation
Dissociative Disorders
Domestic Abuse
Domestic Violence
Drug Use
Dual Diagnosis
Eating Disorders
Emotional Abuse
Emotional Disturbance
Emotional Intelligence
Emptiness
Entitlement
Family of Origin Issues
Family Conflict
Fear
Fertility Issues
Forgiveness
Gay Issues
grief
Guilt
Health Illness and Medical Issues
Helplessness and Victimhood
Impulse Control Disorders
Identity Issues
Inadequacy
Individuation
Infertility
Infidelity and Affair Recovery
Irritability
Isolation
Jealousy
LGBTQ
Life Purpose
Loss
Loss or Grief
Men
Mens Issues and Problems
Midlife Crisis
Mindful Eating
Mindfulness based therapy
Mood Disorders
Multicultural Concerns
Navigating Identity in Relationships
Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
pain
Panic
Paranoia
Parenting
Perfectionism
Personality Disorders
Phobias
Physical Abuse
Polyamory and Nonmonogamous Relationships
Postpartum Depression
Relationship Issues
Self Esteem
Self-Harming
severe mental illness
Sexual Abuse
Sexual Addiction
Sexual assault
Stress
Substance Use
Suicidal Ideation
Thinking Disorders
Trauma
Trauma and PTSD
Women's issue
Treatment Orientation
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
EMDR
Existential
Family Systems Therapy
Harm Reduction
Mindfulness
Motivational Interviewing
Person Centered Therapy
psychotherapy
Rogerian
Self-Compassion
Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
Telehealth-based
Trauma Focused Therapy
Modality