About Karen Vitale
Karen Vitale is the founder of SoberLife-Coach LLC, a private recovery coaching practice for people getting sober while staying in their careers, families, and lives. She brings more than thirty years of personal sobriety, professional credentials as an addiction counselor and recovery coach, and decades of experience alongside people in media, sports, entertainment, and executive leadership. Her work is confidential, one to one, and built on discretion.
Her story
Karen got sober in 1994. Through counseling, steady self-care, and a regular meditation practice, she rebuilt her life from the inside out. After twenty-five years in recovery, she formalized that experience into a profession, becoming a certified recovery coach and training in crisis and suicide prevention.
Before this work, Karen built a distinguished career in television and sports media. At twenty-two she was one of the first female broadcast videographers in New York City, and she went on to become an award-winning television producer. That background gives her a firsthand understanding of the pressure, visibility, and discretion that high-profile careers demand.
Today she also provides clinical support to inpatients and outpatients at Montefiore Hospital in New York, alongside her private coaching practice.
Credentials
Karen’s coaching is grounded in formal training and active credentials.
- CASACCredentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor (New York State)
- CRPACertified Recovery Peer Advocate
- CARCCertified Addiction Recovery Coach
- CPICrisis Prevention Institute Certified
- MATMedication-Assisted Treatment trained
Karen is also a member of Psychology Today. View her Psychology Today profile.
Who she works with
Karen works confidentially with executives, professionals, public figures, athletes, and the families around them. Some are returning home after treatment; others are getting sober without ever stepping away.
In both cases the work is private, individual, and built around the life the person already has. You can read more about recovery for executives and professionals, the alternative to rehab, and support for families.