Karensa Lewis , LCSW, CSW

Karensa Lewis is a licensed social work professional who brings decades of hands-on experience to clients seeking support with relationships, trauma, grief, and life transitions. She earned a bachelor’s degree in social work from the State University of New York and a master’s degree in social work from the University of Houston, followed by a fellowship in individual counseling at Baylor College of Medicine. These academic and clinical trainings shaped a practice grounded in both assessment and compassionate care.

Her clinical background includes work in inpatient and outpatient psychiatric clinics, residential treatment settings, hospice care addressing end of life and bereavement, and human services programs supporting foster and adoptive families. She has also worked with military members and their families and has maintained a private practice addressing a wide range of concerns such as depression, healing from abuse or trauma, relationship conflict, divorce and coparenting, parenting challenges, and questions around mortality.

Karensa’s approach is interactive and responsive to client feedback, blending cognitive-behavioral techniques, emotionally focused methods, attention to family-of-origin dynamics, and psychodynamic perspectives. She emphasizes treating each person with dignity and respect and is known for a warm, compassionate, honest, and non-judgmental style. Karensa invites prospective clients to explore whether their needs and goals align with her experience and approach.