Kara Anderson, LPCC, LMHC

Kara Anderson is a licensed mental health professional with a long history of clinical work that began in 1994. She holds LPCC and LMHC credentials - LPCC stands for Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and LMHC means Licensed Mental Health Counselor - and has built a career spanning residential, outpatient, supervisory, and administrative roles across substance abuse and behavioral health settings.

Her early work started in Florida as a residential therapist in a psychiatric hospital and expanded to outpatient therapy, clinical supervision, and program leadership at a substance abuse treatment agency. In 2001 she relocated to Ohio and spent 13 years serving as a clinical supervisor, program manager, and administrator for a mental and behavioral health nonprofit. She returned to Florida in 2014 and began offering therapy online, a modality she has embraced and refined since that time.

Kara practices from a humanistic perspective that places the therapeutic relationship at the center of care. Her manner is described as warm, interactive, attentive, and compassionate, guided by genuineness, empathy, and unconditional positive regard. When appropriate she integrates direct, structured interventions and assigns therapeutic tasks to support progress between sessions. She adapts pacing and technique to each individual’s needs while promoting forward movement toward personal goals.

Her approach includes a holistic focus on balance across major life domains, recognizing how unmet needs in one area can affect others and contribute to stress, anxiety, somatic symptoms, or disrupted self-care. Educationally, she holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Miami and a master’s degree in mental health counseling from Nova Southeastern University, with additional post-graduate coursework in career counseling and the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders at the University of Dayton.

Kara has worked with diverse populations and a broad spectrum of concerns, including depression, anxiety, addiction, trauma, grief, relationship and family issues, LGBT concerns, parenting and intimacy-related matters, anger, self-esteem, career challenges, compassion fatigue, and ADHD. Her background in both clinical and administrative roles informs a professional practice marked by organization, ethical standards, and a commitment to ongoing learning and effective therapeutic application.