Karen D. Baird, LPC, LPC-S, LAC, NCC
Owner and Clinical Director
The office of Baird & Associates Professional Counseling Services, LLC is closed and I am no longer working full time in private practice. I may treat a small number of private clients for mental health or addiction therapy, however, that number will be limited as I am currently working as the Clinical Supervisor for New Day Recovery. Although I will not be working in private practice full time, I am still available for clinical supervision for persons seeking licensure as a Licensed Professional Counselor.
Education:
- BS in Psychology, Louisiana State University-Shreveport
- MA in Counseling and Guidance, Louisiana Tech University
Experience:
- Prior to my career in Counseling, I worked with children and family services, as well as the juvenile justice system in Arkansas, Georgia, and Louisiana. Since beginning my career in Counseling, I have worked in the correctional setting, drug court, worked with compulsive gamblers, as well as persons with severe mental illness.
Qualifications:
- Licensed Professional Counselor
- Licensed Professional Counselor Clinical Supervisor
- Licensed Addiction Counselor
- National Certified Counselor
Specialize In:
- Treatment with persons involved in the criminal justice system
- Random drug screening program
- Evaluation and assessment
- Individual and group psychotherapy
- Sex offender treatment
- Addiction and chemical dependency
- Anger management
- Behavior disorders
- Mental illness
- Trauma and grief
- PTSD
- Relationship therapy
- Parenting
- Family therapy
- Adjustment issues
- American Counseling Association
- American Psychological Association
- Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers
- Louisiana Association of Substance Abuse Counselors & Trainers
- Louisiana Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers
- Louisiana Counseling Association
- National Board for Certified Counselors and Affiliates
- Northwest Louisiana Counseling Association
- Southern Law Enforcement Association Critical Incident Stress Management Team