Kara Scarbrough, LCSW, LCSW-C

Kara Scarbrough is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and life changes. She also supports people dealing with caregiver stress, isolation or loneliness, social anxiety, and women’s issues. Kara writes in a warm, direct way and focuses on practical steps you can use between sessions. Kara uses a client-centered style that keeps the person’s goals and values central. She pairs that with cognitive behavioral therapy techniques to help people spot patterns in thinking and try small changes that make daily life easier. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented rather than purely academic. Clients can expect a calm, nonjudgmental space to talk through what’s happening now. Kara encourages people to name what matters to them and to try manageable steps toward those goals. She emphasizes skills you can practice outside sessions so progress continues between meetings. Kara holds LCSW and LCSW-C credentials and brings eight years of professional experience to her work. Her background includes helping people cope with major life transitions and recurring stressors. She aims to keep therapy straightforward and focused on what helps most. Taking a first step can feel hard, and Kara acknowledges that challenge. If you’re looking for practical support for stress, anxiety, grief, or caregiver strain, she helps people break issues into workable parts and build small routines that add up to real change.

How Kara Uses Client-Centered and CBT Online

Kara incorporates client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy in online work. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, understanding the person’s priorities, and shaping sessions around their goals. It helps people feel heard and to clarify what they want to change.

Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. It involves identifying unhelpful thought patterns and trying concrete experiments and small behavior changes to test new responses. That approach can help with anxiety, low mood, and repetitive worry.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Kara works collaboratively to decide which methods fit your needs and preferences. Together you’ll try approaches and adjust based on what helps you make steady progress.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week and to continue work even when schedules are tight. It can also allow shorter check-ins when you need brief support, or more regular sessions when you want steady momentum. Confirm available session formats before booking to make sure they match your practical needs and daily routine.