Karis Sykes, AMFT
Karis Sykes is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist and Associate Professional Clinical Counselor with over 5 years experience working in a clinical setting. Born and raised in San Francisco, Karis moved to Santa Barbara to attend Westmont College, then graduated from Saint Mary's College of California with her MA in Counseling Psychology.
Karis works with adults, adolescents, and offers premarital counseling for couples. Karis has extensive experience working with emerging adults experiencing a variety of mental health concerns, crises, and dual diagnoses, in both high school, college, and inpatient settings. Working with those who experience depression, anxiety, trauma, life transitions, and who seek integration and embodiment are close to Karis’ heart. Special interests include working with those in the LGBTQ+ community, individuals grappling with emerging adulthood, identity formation, and spirituality. Karis has led groups on teen development and somatic meditations.
Karis’ passion in counseling is to create a relationship built on safety, trust, and hope, offering an empathetic and nonjudgmental environment that invites greater acceptance, challenges the client to grow in meaningful ways, and supports empowerment. Karis feels it is a privilege to walk with someone as a resource and witness through our stories that need tending. Karis operates out of a Person-Centered modality, seeing the client as the expert on their own life, working in relationship and immediacy to enact transformation.
When she is not practicing, Karis can be found exploring the mountains and coast with her husband and son. She also enjoys reading novels or poetry with a mug of tea in a cozy chair.
Associate Marriage and Family Therapist
License# AMFT 122440, APCC 8553
Supervised by Becca Cox, #116592
Karis works with adults, adolescents, and offers premarital counseling for couples. Karis has extensive experience working with emerging adults experiencing a variety of mental health concerns, crises, and dual diagnoses, in both high school, college, and inpatient settings. Working with those who experience depression, anxiety, trauma, life transitions, and who seek integration and embodiment are close to Karis’ heart. Special interests include working with those in the LGBTQ+ community, individuals grappling with emerging adulthood, identity formation, and spirituality. Karis has led groups on teen development and somatic meditations.
Karis’ passion in counseling is to create a relationship built on safety, trust, and hope, offering an empathetic and nonjudgmental environment that invites greater acceptance, challenges the client to grow in meaningful ways, and supports empowerment. Karis feels it is a privilege to walk with someone as a resource and witness through our stories that need tending. Karis operates out of a Person-Centered modality, seeing the client as the expert on their own life, working in relationship and immediacy to enact transformation.
When she is not practicing, Karis can be found exploring the mountains and coast with her husband and son. She also enjoys reading novels or poetry with a mug of tea in a cozy chair.
Associate Marriage and Family Therapist
License# AMFT 122440, APCC 8553
Supervised by Becca Cox, #116592
If you would like to contact Karis,
you may call her at 805.681.7384 x4 or email her at [email protected].
you may call her at 805.681.7384 x4 or email her at [email protected].