Karen A. Geren, Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Saint Louis, MO — therapist at ThriveTalk

Karen A. Geren

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

25 yrs experience

Updated August 19, 2026 How we verify

About

Karen Geren is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Missouri with over 20 years of experience treating tweens/preteens, adolescents, and adults with serious and persistent mental illness. Her career includes work at Wabash Valley Psychiatric Hospital, Lafayette Clubhouse, McCallum Place (eating disorder treatment), and Counseling Works. She uses a non-judgmental, empowering approach that focuses on client strengths, tailoring interventions from short-term problem-solving to long-term therapeutic work with individuals, couples, and families.

Services

  • Eating disorders
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Trauma and PTSD
  • Addiction
  • ADHD
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Borderline personality disorder
  • Codependency
  • Dissociative disorders
  • Divorce
  • Family conflict
  • Grief
  • Impulse control disorders
  • LGBTQ+ issues
  • Life transitions
  • Mood disorders
  • OCD
  • Personality disorders
  • Relationship issues
  • Self-esteem
  • Self-harm
  • Stress
  • Substance use
  • Suicidal ideation
  • Attachment-based
  • Cognitive behavioral (CBT)
  • Dialectical behavior (DBT)
  • EMDR
  • Emotionally focused
  • Family systems
  • Humanistic
  • Psychodynamic
  • Schema therapy
  • Trauma-focused

State licenses

  • Missouri · License #2006021384 · LCSW Active

    expires 2028-09-30

Sources

The facts on this page are drawn from 11 public sources and independently fact-checked before publication.

Psychology Today directory

  • Identity anchor: full name, credentials (LCSW), practice name, address, phone, specialties, issues, modalities, populations, fees, insurance, session formats, license number lead, 25 years in practice (psychologytoday.com)

practice website (kgcounseling.com biography page)

  • Bio, education (BA Purdue, MSW Washington University), employment history, 20+ years experience, headshot candidate (kgcounseling.com)

practice website (kgcounseling.com homepage)

practice website (kgcounseling.com contact page)

NPPES NPI registry

  • NPI 1457534836, taxonomy 1041C0700X Social Worker Clinical, license 2006021384 MO, enumeration date 2007-12-09, practice address matches (npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov)

GoodTherapy directory

EMDRIA directory

  • Listed in EMDR International Association therapist directory; credentials and practice location (Clayton, MO / 8000 Bonhomme) match (emdria.org)

LinkedIn

  • Professional profile exists: Karen Geren, Adolescent and Adult Psychotherapist at Karen Geren Counseling (linkedin.com)

Yelp business listing

  • Business listing exists for Karen Geren Counseling at 8000 Bonhomme Ave, St. Louis (yelp.com)

psychotherapysaintlouis.org directory

7 Cups directory

  • Listing exists for Karen Geren, Clinical Social Worker, Saint Louis MO (7cups.com)
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