About Kara
Kara Riggott is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Connecticut who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, and life changes. She focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Her style is warm and nonjudgmental and she aims to make it easier to talk about hard things.
In sessions she builds a calm space where people can name their concerns and try out new coping skills.
Background and approach
She listens closely and tailors the approach to each person’s needs. Many conversations center on managing feelings, improving confidence, and finding motivation to make changes. Kara uses a mix of goal-focused tools and listening-based methods.
That can include skill practice for managing intense emotions, spotting unhelpful thinking patterns, and setting small, doable steps toward change. She encourages regular check-ins on progress and adjusts plans when something isn’t working. Her background includes nine years of professional experience working with mood problems, panic and post-traumatic stress, caregiving strain, and issues related to gender and identity.
She brings that clinical experience to help people sort through grief, career questions, or struggles with sleep and eating. Sessions are offered in English and are available via video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. People start by completing a brief matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that fits their routine.
Practical approaches for online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person’s perspective. It helps people feel heard and clarifies what matters to them most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or CBT looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and gives concrete exercises to change unhelpful patterns; it often helps with anxiety, depression, and sleep problems.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to try methods that match their goals and preferences. If one way isn’t helping, adjustments are made so the plan fits the person’s needs and pace.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for full conversations and visual cues, while phone can work when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text can be a shorter check-in, or a way to process thoughts between sessions. These options let people schedule care around work, school, or caregiving demands and make it easier to keep regular appointments.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Connecticut
- Languages
- English