Kara Carola is a Licensed Professional Counselor who practices in New Jersey.
01About Kara
Kara Carola is a Licensed Professional Counselor who practices in New Jersey. She brings 14 years of experience helping people manage anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and life transitions. Her tone in sessions is warm and straightforward, aimed at people who want practical change alongside emotional support.
Kara uses a strengths-focused, client-centered style. She looks for what is already working in a person’s life and builds on those abilities. That makes goal setting feel doable and grounded in real life.
Background and approach
In sessions she blends talk and action. Conversations help clarify patterns and feelings. Then she works with each person to try small, concrete steps that can lead to change.
She draws on several approaches, including cognitive behavioral tools to challenge unhelpful thoughts and mindfulness practices to manage stress in the moment. Motivational interviewing helps when people are weighing change, and psychodynamic ideas can help uncover long-standing patterns. Kara often helps with relationship strain, parenting concerns, self-esteem, and career or money worries.
She also supports people facing adoption and foster care issues, guilt and shame, post-traumatic stress, and social anxiety. Her aim is to help clients gain insight and take practical steps toward their goals.
02Credentials
- LPC (New Jersey)
- License 37PC00438800 · expires November 2026
- NPI
- 1548684582 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Kara lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Adoption and foster care
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
Methods Kara names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
These are the methods Kara names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
How Kara’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on building a trusting rapport and following the client’s pace. It helps when someone needs to feel heard and to shape goals that make sense for their life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks down unhelpful thoughts and behaviors into manageable steps and teaches practical skills for anxiety, depression, and stress.Finding the right approach is a team effort. Kara will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then use techniques from different approaches to match those needs. That collaboration helps tailor sessions so they feel relevant and doable.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people work face-to-face when convenient. Phone sessions can fit a quick check-in or work better when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for short check-ins, ongoing encouragement, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options offer flexibility for busy schedules and different communication styles.
05Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
Kara works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and parenting concerns, self-esteem, eating and anger issues, career challenges, and coping with life changes.
What is her general therapy style?
She describes a strengths-focused, client-centered, and solution-focused approach that emphasizes rapport, clear goals, and practical steps toward change.
How much experience does she have?
She has 14 years of experience in the counseling field working with a variety of presenting concerns across different ages.
Where is she licensed and based?
Kara is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, licensed in New Jersey and practices there.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different preferences and schedules.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions according to therapist availability.
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