Karen Krider

Karen Krider is a Licensed Professional Counselor, National Certified Counselor, and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional with more than 11 years of experience helping adults navigate trauma, PTSD, complex PTSD, attachment concerns, Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), substance use, eating disorders, anxiety, depression, and relationship challenges. She provides warm, professional, trauma-informed therapy at Lifelogie Counseling Sandy Springs, where she focuses on helping clients understand themselves, process difficult experiences, and create healthier ways of relating to themselves and others. Her passion is helping people who have spent years surviving finally experience the freedom that comes with genuine healing.

Karen understands that many people come to therapy feeling exhausted, disconnected, ashamed, overwhelmed, or stuck in patterns they can't seem to break. Others may struggle with abandonment fears, rejection, difficulty trusting others, emotional dysregulation, addiction, a complicated relationship with food, or be convinced that nothing has worked for them in the past. Rather than viewing these experiences as signs that something is wrong with them, Karen helps clients understand how their brains and nervous systems have adapted to painful or overwhelming experiences.

Her approach is compassionate, collaborative, and grounded in both neuroscience and trauma-informed care. Karen believes symptoms often make sense when viewed in the context of a person's story. Together, she helps clients explore the roots of their struggles, process painful experiences, regulate their nervous system, strengthen their sense of self, and develop healthier relationships.

Karen earned her Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Mercer University and her Bachelor’s in Psychology from Georgia Gwinnett College. She incorporates evidence-based and neuroscience-informed approaches, including:

• Brainspotting
• Internal Family Systems (IFS)
• Somatic Experiencing
• Attachment-focused interventions
• Other neuroscience-informed, trauma-focused therapies.

She believes therapy is about more than learning to cope with symptoms; it is an opportunity to understand the connection between the brain, body, emotions, and relationships so that meaningful change can take root.

Whether you're recovering from trauma, healing attachment wounds, navigating BPD, overcoming addiction, repairing your relationship with food, or simply feeling stuck, Karen strives to create a space where you feel safe, understood, and accepted exactly as you are.

In your work with Karen, hope isn't just something you’ll talk about—it's something you will cultivate together. She feels privileged to help her clients discover that healing is possible, resilience can be restored, and the life they long for is within reach.

Reaching out for help can feel overwhelming. It also has the potential to become one of the most important decisions you'll ever make. You don't have to have everything figured out before you begin—you only need the courage to take the first step.