Kara Anderson, LPCC, LMHC

Kara Anderson is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Florida and a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) with 29 years of experience. She has worked in residential psychiatric care, outpatient settings, substance abuse treatment programs, and program administration. Her practice addresses stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting challenges, and anger.

Kara began her counseling career in 1994 as a residential therapist at a psychiatric hospital. She later served as an outpatient therapist, clinical supervisor, and program director at a substance abuse agency. From 2001 to 2014 she held supervisory and administrative clinical roles in Ohio before returning to Florida and moving her work online.

Her approach grows out of humanistic, client-centered principles that place the therapeutic relationship first. She describes a style that is interactive and attentive, and she can be direct and structured when that helps. Clients may be given tasks or therapeutic homework to keep progress moving between meetings.

Kara draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), mindfulness, Motivational Interviewing, and narrative techniques as needed. She pays attention to life balance and how unmet needs in one area affect others, which can lead to stress, somatic symptoms, and overwhelm.

Her training includes a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Miami and a master’s in mental health counseling from Nova Southeastern University, with additional postgraduate coursework at the University of Dayton. She continues professional development through seminars and reading.

Practically, she has long experience with substance use, trauma, depression and anxiety, and she lists specialized focus areas such as blended family issues, caregiver stress, body image, ADHD, and anger-related concerns.

How Kara uses evidence-based approaches in online sessions