About Kara
Kara Anderson is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, LPCC, and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, with nearly 30 years of clinical experience. She practices online from Florida and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, and life changes. She began her career in 1994 as a residential therapist in a psychiatric hospital.
Kara later worked in outpatient care, supervised clinical teams, and directed programs at a substance abuse treatment agency.
Background and approach
After relocating to Ohio she served as a program manager and clinical supervisor for a nonprofit behavioral health organization for more than a decade. Since returning to Florida in 2014 she has offered online counseling and has continued working with people facing depression, trauma, and substance use challenges.
Her background includes work in residential, outpatient, and community-based settings with a wide range of concerns and levels of complexity. Kara uses a humanistic, client-centered approach that values genuineness, empathy, and unconditional positive regard. She is warm and attentive, and also direct and structured when that helps progress.
She may suggest tasks or homework between sessions to maintain momentum toward goals. She blends practical strategies such as cognitive-behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior skills, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and narrative approaches to meet each person where they are. Kara emphasizes balance across life domains and adapts pace and focus to each person's needs.
Her training includes a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Miami and a master’s degree in mental health counseling from Nova Southeastern University, along with post-graduate coursework in career counseling and diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders.
Therapeutic approaches for online support
Client-centered therapy focuses on building a trusting relationship. The therapist listens with empathy and offers acceptance to help people feel understood and motivated to change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts affect feelings and behavior and teaches concrete tools to reduce anxiety, depression, and unhelpful patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, adds skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication, which can help with strong emotions and relationship strain.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the person to identify goals, try strategies, and adjust methods over time. Sessions can include skill practice, homework, and real-time coaching that reflect the person’s needs and pace.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make counseling fit daily life. Video is good for deeper conversations and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging let people share between sessions or use written check-ins during busy days. These options aim to increase flexibility and make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, family, and other demands.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 29 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Ohio
- Languages
- English