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Overall Quality Based on 2 reviews

Ian Karlsson

Therapist specializing in Anxiety in Pasadena, CA

Availability

Currently accepting new clients

About Ian

Ian Karlsson, LCSW, is a Social Work in Pasadena, CA. Areas of focus include Anxiety, Body Positivity, Codependency, Depression, Emotional Disturbance, and Family Conflict. Therapy approaches include Attachment-based, Coaching, Compassion Focused, Culturally Sensitive, and EMDR. Sessions are available in person and online via telehealth. Sliding-scale fees are available. Accepted insurance includes Aetna, Cigna, and Optum. Ian has 7 years in practice and was educated at Masters in Social Work, APU.

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Practice Details

Credentials
LCSW
Role
Social Work
Years in Practice
7 years
Session Fee
$0 per session
Education
Masters in Social Work, APU
  • Offers telehealth / online sessions
  • Sliding scale pricing available

Specialties, approaches & insurance

Specializes In

AnxietyBody PositivityCodependencyDepressionEmotional DisturbanceFamily ConflictGriefHoardingInfidelityInternet AddictionLife CoachingLife TransitionsMen's IssuesPeer RelationshipsRelationship IssuesSchool IssuesSelf EsteemSexual AbuseSpiritualityStressTrauma and PTSDVeteransLGBTQ+Mood DisordersThinking DisordersPreteenTeenAdultsElders (65+)Aviation ProfessionalsBisexual AlliedBlind AlliedDeaf AlliedGay AlliedHIV / AIDS AlliedImmuno-disordersIntersex AlliedLesbian AlliedLittle Person AlliedNon-Binary AlliedQueer AlliedRacial Justice AlliedSex Worker AlliedSingle MotherTransgender Allied

Therapy Approaches

Attachment-basedCoachingCompassion FocusedCulturally SensitiveEMDREmotionally FocusedExistentialFeministInternal Family Systems (IFS)InterpersonalMulticulturalNarrativePsychodynamicStrength BasedTrauma Focused

Insurance Accepted

AetnaCignaOptum

2 Therapist Reviews

Quality

1.0
Sep 4, 2026
Would Recommend: NoFelt Heard: NoHelped w/ Goals: NoSessions: 24

Terrible therapists. He is a terrible listener - he would try to mirror me and when I corrected him he got agitated and told me it wasn’t him it was that there was something else bothering me that I was saying. He is would dysregulate me minutes before sessions ended with destabilizing and invalidating comments. When I confronted him about his tactics he said he was my secure attachment and it was normal to be upset with him. I was convinced I was the problem and needed to try harder and be a better client. This man is a complete quack.

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Quality

1.0
Sep 4, 2026
Would Recommend: NoFelt Heard: NoHelped w/ Goals: NoSessions: 36

This man is a terrible therapist. He claims to specialize in many areas, but he’s a complete fraud. He was my therapist for 3 yrs, during a very difficult time in my life. He would use my vulnerabilities against me, causing further mental and emotional harm. This man has zero clue about trauma and/or how to treat it. He was fired from the clinic for causing harm to patients and is now out on his own which is terrifying that he’s out there treating innocent people.

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