Karen began practicing yoga in college and later felt led to become a Registered Yoga Teacher after years of experiencing how breath, movement, and meditation could help her reconnect with the body. During her doctoral research, she explored the transformative and spiritual experiences people have through music. Her dissertation, which focused on the mystical experiences women encountered while singing, affirmed her lifelong sense that sound is a powerful form of medicine capable of awakening the deeper Self.

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While writing her dissertation, Karen encountered the pioneering work of Eileen McKusick. In Biofield Tuning, she found a language and a framework that echoed what she had always sensed: sound can help the body release stored stress, restore energetic flow, and return the system to greater harmony.  Karen became certified as a Biofield Tuning Practitioner and has continued to train across multiple sound healing modalities with a variety of teachers and instruments.  She views the body as an instrument, capable of being gently re-tuned through vibration, resonance, and rhythm.

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Clinical Work

Karen founded Sweetwater Practice, LLC in 2016 and continues to serve as a trauma therapist there.  Her therapeutic approach integrates evidence-based trauma treatment with a holistic, mind-body-spirit orientation, supporting clients in building resilience, restoring internal safety, and reconnecting with their deeper Self.

 

Licensure note: Karen is licensed in the states of New Mexico and Georgia and can provide psychotherapy to clients located in those states.  Her clinical therapy work stands separate from her sound healing practice.

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A Living Practice

Karen loves to sing, play the guitar, and uses her spare time to learn new instruments to refine a range of sound healing approaches.  She believes sound healing is part of the next wave of care for a world longing for deeper connection, coherence, and wholeness.