Karen Rothstein

You Deserve to Feel Great. I’m Here to Help.

I am fiercely committed to helping people live lives full of passion.

Clients appreciate my non-judgmental acceptance of “what –is,” coupled with my compassion and truth-telling candor. Clients affectionately refer to me as “Dr. Phil in heels.”

No matter how clients describe describe me, they regularly welcome the insights and change they receive from our work together.

Frazzled couples, tired of the drama and chaos in their home and weary from walking on eggshells with their partner sing the praises of appreication for the real-world solutions and no-nonsense intervention strategies I provide.

With a passion for helping transform lives and recognizing “limits are learned” I assist individuals that are “stuck” by busting through negative beliefs and self-doubt, to create change and expand possibilities. Intuitively, I have a gift for being able to guide people into the change they seek. 

Whether you choose to participate in the popular Relationship Renovation series, or seek support as a couple to address conflict and discontent, or as an individual to release the limits that have you circling in a holding pattern, one thing is certain: when you apply what you will learn, you will feel like living life with purpose and passion is a more than just a dream – it’s a possibility.

How My Experience Can Serve You

I am no stranger to being a catalyst for change.  I’ve worked as a strategic change agent for education from inside the classroom, as a school administrator and then as the CEO of a county-wide dropout prevention organization where I  was recognized by the Sacramento City Council and the State Assembly for my work with families.

However, an astrology reading in 2000 changed the trajectory of my life. Through that reading, I learned I was dancing on the edge of my life purpose. If I was to really tap into my soul purpose of assisting people I needed to go deeper into psychology and the unconscious.

In 2003 I launched a successful private practice where I now support individuals and couples to be the agents of change within their own relationships, and their families, and to reclaim their passion for life. I do this by using a blend of traditional development tools that I can combine with more esoteric tools of tarot and astrology if requested.

I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Liberal Studies and a Master’s degree in Education. After 13 years in teaching and  administration I returned to school to pursue a Clinical Psychology degree. From my work with families where students had dropped out of school, I sensed something had gone terribly wrong for our youth and I wanted to get to the bottom of it.

Through a program of study with the California Graduate School of Psychology I earned a Masters of Psychology with an additional 24 units of study towards my Doctorate of Clinical Psychology. I  opted out of the doctorial degree,  swapping it for an MRS instead. (The title conferred upon a woman after marriage.) I am not licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist as this training taught me to identify pathology; to confirm a model that interprets humans as broken and destined to struggle and battle illness. This is further reinforced by a pharmaceutical industry who amasses great wealth on engineering and selling drugs to treat “dis-ease”. This framework goes against my spiritual values and beliefs.

I offer support to you as a Minister of the Universal Life Church. My approach to supporting change embraces a paradigm in which we are spiritual beings embodying a human form and the challenges we face as we encounter life result in a mind/body misalignment and a deviation of our contract we made with Source prior to this incarnation.

Unhealthy behaviors designed to get one or more of our Six Human needs met form after a fragmentation from Spirit, and are reinforced by our familial and cultural systems. Healing occurs when we release fear and return to love; love of self, love and compassion for others and acceptance of our inherent worthiness. These are the basic tenants offered to the masses over 2000 years ago by the Master Jesus.

In addition, I hold numerous certifications in the fields of Hypnotherapy, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Reiki, Coaching and Spiritual coaching. I am a certificated Strategic Interventionist, with the Robbins Madanes Training Institute. I have taken basic shamanic training with Hank Wasselman.

I also teach HypnoBirthing pre-natal education to expecting couples and am a Gottman Institute Certified Bringing Baby Home Educator.

But truly, my greatest wisdom comes from working with thousands, yes, that is no exaggeration, of people to find and live their purpose.

A Few Things About Karen That Might Amuse You 

• In 1979 as part of a pit crew for a Chrysler sponsored off-road- rally car, I appeared on the cover of Off-Road magazine. You have to look closely.  My reflection is in the hub cap of the Dodge Colt.  
• While I’m just a duffer now,  my great-uncle, once a pro at Pebble Beach, taught me to play golf so I would “meet the right kind of gentleman.” It must have worked; I’ve been with my husband for 27 years.  

• My personal library hosts over 2,500 books, most of which I have read twice. A favorite way to pass free time is to bury my nose in a book and my feet into the fur of my dog, Colby.  Colby crossed the Rainbow Bridge in 2021 after 16 years of service as a hypnotherapy support dog.
• “A Year of Miracles” by Marianne Williamson is among my favorite books. It reminds me anything is possible with a touch of faith. 
• I am a minister with the Universal Life Church.