Karina Orozco, LCSW

Karina Orozco is the founder and clinical director of Empowered Mind Therapy, where she focuses on creating a space that feels comfortable, supportive, and real. She works with teens, young adults, and adults navigating anxiety, depression, life changes, and relationship challenges.

Her background includes working with children and families involved in DCFS, where she supported clients through complex and often stressful situations. She also helped develop a virtual Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) to increase access to care, and has worked in PHP settings as a child lead and Screening, Assessment, and Support Services (SASS) worker, providing crisis support and stabilization for youth.

Her approach is rooted in evidence-based practices such as CBT, DBT, and ERP, while also emphasizing a strong, collaborative therapeutic relationship. Karina believes therapy should meet clients where they are while helping them build meaningful and lasting change.

As the founder, she is passionate about increasing access to quality mental health care and creating a practice grounded in compassion, growth, and authenticity—for both clients and clinicians.