About Kara
Kara Riggott is a licensed professional counselor in Connecticut who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and low self-esteem. She focuses on practical steps clients can use right away. Kara aims to create a calm space where people can speak honestly and feel heard.
She takes a straightforward, warm approach. Sessions center on the person's goals and what feels doable that week. Kara blends talking, skill-building, and goal work so progress can show up in daily life.
How Kara works
Her work draws on several evidence-based methods, including cognitive behavioral tools to shift unhelpful thinking and dialectical behavior strategies to manage strong emotions. She also uses client-centered principles to keep the conversation focused on each person's needs, and solution-focused techniques to set clear next steps.
Over nine years in the field, Kara has worked with a wide range of concerns, from panic and post-traumatic stress to relationship stress and career questions. She pays attention to attachment, caregiver strain, and issues like guilt, shame, and isolation. Kara supports people dealing with pregnancy and childbirth transitions, gender dysphoria, and young adult challenges.
She aims to help clients build self-love, improve communication, and find purpose through steady, practical work.
Kara lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
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.
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
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Connecticut |
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Online support options
Approaches and online care that fit your life
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the client's lead, helping people feel understood and decide what matters most. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, offers specific skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Kara will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then recommend options. The plan is collaborative and can change as progress is made or new challenges appear.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Video can feel most like in-person talk while phone needs less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to check in between sessions or fit a short check-in during a break. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to use alongside work, caregiving, or school.
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