Karen Whitmer MSW LISW-S

Karen has been serving individuals with physical health challenges and adjustments since the early 1980s. Early in her career she worked in neonatology and oncology, and spent the last 34 years of her career in physical medicine, helping people with physical disabilities and limitations adapt to lifestyle changes. Anxiety, depression, life adjustment, and grief have been central to the work she has done. Joining PPR in her retirement has afforded her to continue helping people who are struggling, to make their life work despite limiting circumstances. Karen is married to her best friend, Milt, who is also a clinician at Person to Person. They have three grown children who are married, and together they enjoy their 10 grandchildren. Upon her retirement, and with the transition to Telehealth during the covid era, she and her husband became additionally licensed in TN, and moved there, near two of their three children. She now practices part-time from their horse farm through the venue of Telehealth. Faith has always been a central focus of her life, and she considers it a privilege to help others make sense out of the very difficult road that many people encounter. She celebrates her opportunity to still do so from the misty hills of rural eastern Tennessee. 
In Network Insurance: Aetna, Frontpath, McLaren, Medical Mutual of Ohio, Optum, Paramount, United Health Care and United Medical Resources.