Karli Keator is a Licensed Master Social Worker, providing therapy services for adolescents and adults. Karli sees clients out of our Middleburgh satellite office, as well as virtually. 

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Karli has experience working with adolescents, individuals, and families. Karli’s previous experience includes working in a hospital-based outpatient mental health clinic, crisis mental health services, and program development for adolescents struggling at home or in school and their families. Karli completed her Bachelor's Degree in Sociology from Russell Sage College and holds dual Master's Degrees in Social Welfare and Public Health from SUNY Albany.

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Karli nurtures a collaborative approach to problem-solving and healing through curious, non-judgmental, and strengths-focused support. She adopts an integrative and holistic approach with deep respect for the intersection of experience, culture, attachment, and family and community systems. Karli believes in establishing a foundation of understanding and therapeutic alliance before inviting clients to explore the patterns in thoughts, feelings, and actions that show up across their lives and relationships.

 

Her practice draws from a range of evidence-based and humanistic approaches including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), narrative therapy, somatic and mindfulness-based approaches, and existential and psychodynamic frameworks. Karli is trauma-informed in her practice and brings particular interest in meaning-making, identity, and helping clients develop a more compassionate and complete story about themselves and their lives.