Cara Harper is a licensed professional counselor who has worked in Georgia for 10 years.
01About Cara
Cara Harper is a licensed professional counselor who has worked in Georgia for 10 years. She focuses on practical help for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and parenting challenges. Cara aims to make the first step toward change feel possible and less overwhelming.
She keeps sessions straightforward and down to earth. Cara listens without judgment and helps clients name what feels most urgent. Together they set clear goals and try small changes that build over time.
Background and approach
Cara draws on client-centered methods to make the person the focus of each session. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking and try different behaviors. Motivational interviewing helps when people feel stuck or unsure about making changes.
Her work often addresses relationship and family stress, grief, anger, and intimacy-related concerns. She also supports people dealing with sleep or eating struggles, chronic pain or illness, and process or substance addictions. Cara helps clients manage panic, bipolar-related challenges, and seasonal mood shifts.
Sessions can include coaching-style steps when someone wants concrete tools for career decisions or life changes. She pays attention to shame, guilt, isolation, and self-esteem work so clients can rebuild confidence. People who want a practical, empathetic approach that focuses on everyday progress may find her style helpful.
02Credentials
- LPC (Georgia)
- License LPC003597 · expires September 2026
- NPI
- 1366290207 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Cara lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Blended family issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Control issues
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Methods Cara names
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04Online support
How Cara's Approaches Work Online
Cara uses client-centered work to focus each session on the person and their priorities. This means she listens first, follows the client’s lead, and builds plans based on what matters most to the individual.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. CBT helps people notice unhelpful thinking patterns and practice different ways of responding to stress, anxiety, or mood problems.
Motivational interviewing is another tool she draws on when someone feels unsure about change. It helps clarify motivation, reduce resistance, and map out small, achievable steps toward goals.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Cara works collaboratively to decide which methods fit a person’s needs, goals, and preferences. Together they try methods, review progress, and adjust the plan as needed.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video is useful for face-to-face conversations, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging are good for quick check-ins or shorter sessions. These options help people fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does she help with?
Cara helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, parenting issues, anger, relationship and family stress, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy concerns, eating and sleeping problems, and self-esteem.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is warm and practical. Sessions focus on listening first, then setting clear goals and trying simple steps to improve daily life.
How much experience does she have?
She has 10 years of professional work experience supporting people through mood, behavior, and life-transition concerns.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
Cara is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, licensed in Georgia and works with clients in that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She meets via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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