Meet Karin
My approach is holistic, insight-driven, and designed to help you reconnect with the version of yourself that’s been waiting beneath the burnout.
The Heart of My Approach
Like many of my clients, I’ve known what it’s like to hold it all together on the outside, while feeling a quiet unraveling on the inside. To show up for everyone else, yet feel unsure of how to show up for yourself. Therapy changed that for me, not overnight, and not perfectly, but in small, steady ways that have helped me come home to myself again. That’s why I believe in this work so deeply. Because I know it’s not about “fixing” you, it’s about finding yourself. It’s about having a space where you don’t have to hold it all together, where you can exhale, reflect, and start to rebuild from a place of truth and compassion.
Speaking & Workshops
Alongside my therapy work, I‘ve spent over 16 years teaching and speaking on mental health, burnout recovery, bullying prevention, and emotional resilience in both professional and community settings My background also includes training law enforcement officers on emotional regulation, stress management, and wellness, work that deeply affected my belief in practical, human-centered approaches to growth and healing. If you’re interested in having me speak at your event, workplace, or group, I’d love to connect.
On a Personal Note: I am a wife, mom of three, and keeper of three spirited dogs. I love making lattes (after finally figuring out how to use my espresso machine), planning meaningful travel, and curling up with books about women rediscovering joy and purpose. I believe that laughter is healing, and small shifts can create big changes. I also believe that real growth happens in balance, not in extremes. Healing doesn’t require perfection, it’s about steady, sustainable steps that honor where you are and finding practical, grounded ways that actually fit in your life.
Karin Stortz
LCSW, therapist
I believe therapy should help you get unstuck, not just understand why you’re stuck. That means we’ll explore your story, spot the patterns that no longer serve you, and start rewriting them. Together.
The Heart of My Approach
You’re not broken, you may just be buried under expectations, burnout, or old wounds that haven’t fully healed. Together, we’ll uncover what’s beneath the surface, connect the dots, and reshape the story you’ve been living.
My style is collaborative, insight-driven, and infused with warmth and practicality. Clients often say they finally feel seen, and for the first time in a long time, are able to exhale.
This work isn’t about perfection or fixing yourself. It’s about untangling what’s been holding you back and creating a version of life that actually fits.
Karin Stortz, LCSW, Therapist, Encourager, and pattern spotter.
In our work together, you can expect:
My style is collaborative, insight-driven, and infused with warmth and practicality. Clients often say they finally feel seen, and for the first time in a long time, are able to exhale.
This work isn’t about perfection or fixing yourself. It’s about untangling what’s been holding you back and creating a version of life that actually fits.
- A holistic approach that honors your mind, body, and inner wisdom
- Deep, compassionate conversations grounded in clinical skill
- Honest insight and gentle challenge, not just validation, but real movement
- Strategies to untangle old patterns, process the past, and move forward
- A space that feels supportive and real, more like sitting with a trusted guide than a clipboard and a clock