Kara Anderson, LPCC, LMHC

Kara Anderson is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) with 29 years of experience. She practices from Florida and has provided counseling in a range of settings since beginning her career in 1994. Her style is warm, interactive, and compassionate while remaining practical and goal oriented.

Kara began as a residential therapist in a psychiatric hospital and has worked in outpatient care, substance abuse treatment programs, clinical supervision, and program administration. She spent over a decade in Ohio as an LPCC supervisor and program manager before returning to Florida and moving much of her work online.

Her approach is humanistic and client-centered, with emphasis on the therapeutic relationship. She uses direct, structured tasks when helpful and commonly assigns between-session activities to keep momentum toward goals. She blends cognitive and mindfulness strategies as needed to address thoughts, behaviors, and present-moment coping.

Kara helps people facing depression, anxiety, stress, addiction, trauma, grief, and relationship struggles. Additional focuses include parenting concerns, blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, chronic pain and illness, body image, and life purpose. She also works with issues related to gender dysphoria and LGBT concerns.

Her training includes a master’s degree in mental health counseling from Nova Southeastern University and post-graduate coursework in career counseling and diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. She emphasizes ongoing learning and tailors pacing to each person’s needs while encouraging steady progress.

Therapeutic methods that translate well to online care

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely, reflecting back what matters most, and building trust. It helps when someone needs a steady, accepting space to talk through feelings and make decisions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses simple exercises to test unhelpful thoughts and practice new behaviors, which often fits well into online sessions and between-session work.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches skills for managing intense emotions, improving relationships, and tolerating distress. Short skills practice and paced coaching can be effective in remote sessions.

Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try strategies, and adjust methods based on what feels most useful. Clients and the therapist decide together which mix of approaches and pacing work best.

The biography indicates an established online practice, but specific session formats were not listed. Please confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow quick check-ins when needed, and support use of homework between meetings to keep progress moving.