Kara Levine, LCSW

Kara Levine is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Louisiana with 11 years of clinical experience. She holds a Master of Social Work from Tulane University with a concentration in disaster mental health. Kara focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, LGBT concerns, relationship and family issues, anger, career concerns, depression, and ADHD.

Her background includes working with children, adolescents, and adults dealing with loss and trauma. She has specific experience supporting children with chronic and terminal illness and the people close to them. Kara uses evidence-based approaches in sessions and aims to address the day-to-day problems that get in the way of functioning.

In practice she keeps sessions straightforward and practical. Conversations focus on what is happening now, what tends to make things worse, and what small steps can change patterns. She adapts interventions to the person in front of her rather than relying on one fixed method.

Kara draws from therapies like cognitive behavioral strategies, trauma-focused methods, and solution-focused techniques to build skills for managing strong emotions and stress. She also uses narrative approaches and motivational interviewing where they fit the work.

Clients can expect a collaborative process that looks at immediate concerns while addressing underlying issues such as grief or past trauma. The goal is to reduce the interference those issues cause in daily life and to develop practical coping strategies that can be used between sessions.

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