About Kara
Kara Merriam is a licensed professional counselor in Tennessee who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and parenting strain. She uses a straightforward, supportive style and encourages clients to build on their own strengths. Kara believes asking for help is a brave step and aims to make that first step easier to take.
Kara has 14 years of professional experience working in different roles.
Background and approach
She listens for what matters most to each person and focuses on practical steps that fit daily life. Sessions are aimed at helping people manage symptoms, find clearer routines, and handle big changes. Her approach centers on collaboration.
Kara treats each person as the expert on their story and helps them notice resources they already have. She offers steady support while people try new strategies and adjust them over time. In sessions she talks through challenges in plain language and sets small, doable goals.
She helps people practice coping skills for anxiety, mood swings, and stress. She also supports those dealing with compassion fatigue and the ongoing effects of trauma. Kara works with adults from Tennessee and conducts sessions using video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
She explains options clearly and helps people choose formats that fit their schedules. The aim is steady, practical progress that fits real life.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Many clients benefit from evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills and habits they can use day to day. Cognitive approaches help people notice and change unhelpful thinking patterns that feed anxiety and depression. Skills-based work teaches concrete ways to manage stress, regulate mood swings, and handle attention challenges related to ADHD.The best approach often emerges together. Kara will collaborate with each person to identify which techniques fit their goals and try methods in session to see what helps. Adjustments are made over time based on what works for the individual.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat and texting suit short check-ins or busy schedules. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, family life, or other commitments while keeping care consistent.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English