Kara Anderson, LPCC, LMHC

Kara Anderson is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 29 years of experience. She practices from Florida and lists work with anger, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, trauma, grief, parenting concerns, and other life challenges.

She began her career in 1994 as a residential therapist in a psychiatric hospital. She later worked as an outpatient therapist, clinical supervisor, and program director at a substance use treatment agency. From 2001 to 2014 she practiced in Ohio as an LPCC supervisor and program manager for a behavioral health nonprofit. She returned to Florida and has been providing online services for over eight years.

Kara describes her approach as humanistic, with the therapeutic relationship as the core of the work. She is interactive and attentive and uses direct, structured techniques when helpful. She often assigns tasks between sessions to keep progress moving and to reinforce skills learned in session.

She integrates practical approaches such as cognitive behavioral strategies, dialectical behavior ideas, motivational interviewing, mindfulness, and client-centered methods. In practice this looks like talking through patterns, trying small behavior changes, and building concrete coping tools for anger, stress, and mood concerns.

Her training includes 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 also completed postgraduate coursework in career counseling and diagnostic assessment at the University of Dayton. Kara continues professional study through seminars and reading to refresh her clinical skills.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work