Kara Anderson, LPCC, LMHC

Kara Anderson is a licensed mental health professional with 29 years of clinical experience spanning residential, outpatient, supervisory, and administrative roles. She began her counseling career in Florida in 1994 as a residential therapist in a psychiatric hospital and later served as an outpatient therapist, clinical supervisor, and program director at a substance abuse treatment agency. In 2001 she relocated to Ohio and spent 13 years working as a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor - Supervisor while performing program management and administrative duties for a mental and behavioral health nonprofit. In 2014 she returned to Florida and launched an online practice, where she has provided services for over eight years and reports positive client feedback.

Kara practices from a humanistic framework that emphasizes the therapeutic relationship as the foundation for change. Her style is warm, interactive, attentive, and compassionate, rooted in genuineness, unconditional positive regard, and empathy. At times she uses a more direct and structured approach, assigning therapeutic tasks between sessions to support progress and continuity. Treatment is tailored and paced to each individual, with sensitivity to personal readiness while still encouraging forward movement toward goals. She also takes a holistic view of wellbeing, recognizing how imbalance in one life domain can affect others and contribute to stress, anxiety, somatic symptoms, and reduced self-care.

Her clinical background includes a bachelor of arts in psychology from the University of Miami, a master of science in mental health counseling from Nova Southeastern University, and post-graduate coursework in career counseling and the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of mental disorders at the University of Dayton. Kara values ongoing professional development and integrates evidence-informed theories, models, and techniques into her work.

Kara has experience across a broad spectrum of issues and populations, including depression, anxiety, stress, substance use and addiction, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, LGBT concerns, relationship and family conflicts, intimacy and parenting issues, anger management, self-esteem, career difficulties, compassion fatigue, and blended family dynamics. She utilizes a range of clinical approaches such as client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), mindfulness therapy, motivational interviewing, narrative therapy, psychodynamic therapy, solution-focused therapy, trauma-focused therapy, and Internal Family Systems. Kara holds the credentials LPCC and LMHC - LPCC stands for Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and LMHC stands for Licensed Mental Health Counselor - and maintains a professional reputation for ethical practice, organization, and thoughtful care.