About Kara
Kara Anderson uses a humanistic, client-centered approach to guide people through hard moments. She combines warmth and directness to help clients set goals and practice new skills. Kara brings nearly 29 years of clinical experience to her online work from her base in Florida.
She began in 1994 as a residential therapist in a psychiatric hospital and later worked in outpatient, substance abuse, supervisory, and program leadership roles. She spent 13 years in Ohio as a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor - Supervisor and program manager before returning to Florida and launching an online practice in 2014.
How Kara works
Her credentials include LPCC and LMHC. Kara emphasizes a strong therapeutic relationship built on genuineness, empathy, and unconditional positive regard. She blends client-centered conversation with structured tools when helpful, including homework or tasks between sessions to promote steady progress.
Sessions are paced to fit each person’s needs. Her work focuses on depression, anxiety, stress, substance use and addiction, trauma and abuse, grief, and relationship concerns. She also addresses parenting strain, intimacy-related issues, self-esteem, career worries, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and life transitions.
Additional areas include blended family issues, body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness, codependency, and communication problems. Kara values ongoing learning and draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Mindfulness Therapy, and Narrative Therapy where appropriate. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging and works with international clients.
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What Kara works with
The areas below are the ones Kara selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- 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
Training and background
| Registers | LPCC, LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 29 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
Client-centered and skills-based work online
Kara blends client-centered therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to make online sessions practical and personal. Client-centered therapy focuses on building a trusting, empathic relationship and following the client's pace to clarify goals and values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors with clear, doable exercises that reduce anxiety and depression.She may also draw on Dialectical Behavior Therapy for emotion regulation and coping skills when strong emotions or intense stress are present. DBT teaches breathing, distress tolerance, and communication tools that can be practiced between sessions. Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process and she collaborates with each person to decide what fits best based on needs and preferences.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different schedules and comfort levels. Video calls work well for full sessions and visual connection. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging supports brief check-ins and ongoing coaching between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family life, and busy days while keeping the focus on practical progress.
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