About Karli...
I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with diagnostic privilege in the state of New York (LMHC) and a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA).
My counseling interests include:
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Healing Trauma
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Infant Mental Health
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Challenging Behaviors in the Playroom
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and Attachment
My ABA interests include:
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Natural Environment Teaching
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Assent based practices
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Comprehensive Functional Behavior Assessments (FBA)
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Socio-sexual skills as a form of prevention
My Credentials
Within the counseling field, I specialize in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Play Therapy and FirstPlay®.
Within the field of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), which is the practice of behavior science done by a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), my passion is in natural environment teaching with young children. I also work with older individuals as a BCBA and I am typically helping to address school refusal, social skills and life skills. Within the field of ABA, I am really excited about my current pursuit of a certification in a sub-field known as Sexual Behavior Analysis (SBA), which is the study of sexuality and socio-sexual behaviors.
At first, each credential I pursued stood on its own. It wasn't until later in my career that I began to see how these specialties—even the ones some might consider taboo—interwove beautifully across the human lifespan and developmental domains. My hope is that you, the reader, feel seen through these specialties, whether individually or in combination, and experience the warmth of a quilted, holistic approach to person-centered treatment.
I welcome you to join me as we take a deeper dive into each of these disciplines, together.
MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING
Early in my career, as I began working with high-energy, spirited, and sometimes challenging behaviors. Over time, I came to see many behavioral concerns not as problems themselves, but as symptoms - expressions of underlying needs, feelings, or experiences that deserve attention and compassion.
ABA THERAPY
I most often use ABA strategies in what’s called the natural environment— or, the real-life places where a child lives, learns, and plays. Teaching in the natural environment means we focus on building skills in the moments that matter most. Even in more structured settings, I use play-based ABA strategies to foster skill building.