Kara Anderson

Kara Anderson is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 29 years of experience. She practices from Florida and offers an online counseling approach that centers on a warm, interactive therapeutic relationship. Her style is attentive and compassionate while also allowing for direct, structured work when that helps clients move forward.

She began her career in 1994 as a residential therapist in a psychiatric hospital and later worked in outpatient and substance abuse settings. Over the years she has held clinical supervisor and program director roles, and she spent more than a decade in Ohio as a program manager and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor - Supervisor. Kara returned to Florida in 2014 and has been providing online services since then.

Kara's approach is humanistic and client-centered. She emphasizes genuineness, empathy, and unconditional positive regard while tailoring pacing and interventions to each person. She often combines client-centered work with practical tools drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing.

She focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma and grief. She also helps with relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, intimacy-related issues, and self-esteem. Additional areas of focus include caregiver stress, chronic illness, body image, codependency, and life purpose.

Kara holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Miami and a master’s degree in mental health counseling from Nova Southeastern University. She has taken post-graduate coursework in career counseling and in diagnosis and treatment at the University of Dayton. She continues professional development through seminars and reading.

How Kara’s approaches translate to online therapy

Kara draws from client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) in her work. Client-centered therapy focuses on building a genuine, nonjudgmental relationship so people feel heard and understood. CBT looks at thoughts and behaviors and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. DBT teaches skills for managing strong emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Kara discusses goals, preferences and what feels manageable, then tailors pace and techniques. That collaborative process helps decide whether more skills practice, reflective exploration, or a mix is best for a person’s needs.

The biography describes an online practice but does not specify session formats, so confirm the platform’s current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counseling into a workday, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. They also let people continue care across locations and can support consistent homework and skill practice between meetings.