Karen Welling has been a licensed therapist and professional musician for more than 20 years. She is also a former gymnast and was a charter member of the Cornell University Women’s Gymnastics Team. As a therapist both for agencies and in private practice, Karen has worked with children, adolescents, and adults. As a musician, she has performed blues, gospel, jazz, and rock in many venues in the greater Boston area.

The Massachusetts Cultural Council and Local Cultural Councils have awarded multiple grants to Karen. She is well acquainted with how artists and athletes can get in their own way. As a therapist she has learned methods to address these dilemmas.

Karen has worked with athletes at Simmons College in Boston, MA, Melrose High School, TeamEnvision (a women’s triathlete team in the greater Boston area), and the Summerskate Program of the Colonial Figure Skating Club in West Acton, MA. She has worked with artists of all kinds both individually and in workshops at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA, and at Passim Music and Cultural Center in Cambridge, MA.