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Kara Levine

Practical, compassionate support for life changes

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Credentials
LCSW
Experience
11 years
Licensed in
Louisiana
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Kara

Kara Levine is a licensed clinical social worker in Louisiana with 11 years of experience. She earned a Master of Social Work from Tulane University with a concentration in disaster mental health. Kara focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, and life changes.

She aims to meet clients where they are and tailor the work to each person's needs. Her practice emphasizes practical, evidence-based tools in everyday language.

Background and approach

She uses approaches such as cognitive behavioral techniques, trauma-focused work, and solution-focused strategies to address problems that get in the way of daily life. Sessions are collaborative and paced to fit what each person can handle. Kara has experience supporting people facing serious illness and caregiving challenges.

She draws on that background when clients are coping with chronic or terminal medical conditions, hospice concerns, or caregiver stress. Her work also includes support around relationship and family issues, mood concerns, and life transitions. She describes therapy as a team effort and aims to offer respect, sensitivity, and compassion in sessions.

Kara helps clients set clear, realistic goals and checks in often about progress. Her style is practical and warm, focused on small changes that add up over time. If someone is unsure how to begin, she encourages taking the first step.

The initial intake helps identify priorities and the approaches that will fit best for the individual's situation and goals.

Online approaches that fit real life

Many of Kara's commonly used methods translate well to online formats. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of thinking and behaving to reduce symptoms like anxiety and low mood. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is a trauma-focused approach that helps process distressing memories and lessen their emotional impact through a structured set of steps. Motivational Interviewing helps people clarify their goals and find internal motivation to make changes, which can be useful for career moves, health behaviors, or caregiving decisions.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Kara works with each person to pick strategies that match their goals, comfort level, and what they want to change. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan as progress is made.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, to engage from home when managing illness or caregiving, and to continue work between in-person appointments. The variety of formats lets clients pick what feels most helpful for them.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

EMDR

A structured protocol used with distressing memories, pairing recall with guided attention tasks. Some therapists adapt it for video sessions; whether that fits is worth asking about directly.

Motivational Interviewing

A way of working through mixed feelings about change without being pushed. The therapist helps you weigh things up and find your own reasons, which often makes a difficult decision feel less stuck.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does Kara help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, LGBT concerns, relationship and family issues, anger, career challenges, depression, and ADHD among other areas.
What is her general approach in sessions?
She uses practical, evidence-based methods like cognitive behavioral techniques and trauma-focused work. Sessions are collaborative and focus on skills and steps people can use between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 11 years of experience as a licensed clinical social worker working with grief, trauma, and related concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She holds the credential LCSW, license number LA LCSW 13118, and is based in Louisiana.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she use?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with therapy?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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Experience
11 years
Licensed
Louisiana
Languages
English

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