About Kara
Kara Justo is a Connecticut licensed clinical social worker with 21 years of experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, and life changes. She provides steady support for everyday struggles like low self-esteem, anger, parenting strain, and the impact of trauma. Her tone is straightforward and practical, aimed at people who want clear steps forward.
Kara creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk through what’s worrying them.
Background and approach
She focuses on building goals that feel realistic and on practical skills people can use between sessions. Conversations stay focused on what’s happening now and what can change next. Her background includes long clinical experience with mood disorders, attention and impulse concerns, and caregiving stress.
That work has given her many ways to help people organize thoughts, manage reactions, and rebuild daily routines. She also supports people facing grief, relationship strain, and recovery from domestic violence. Sessions aim to be collaborative.
Kara helps clients break big problems into small steps and practices new habits together in session. She pays attention to concrete skills for handling anxiety, improving communication, and managing strong emotions. Kara offers telephone, video, chat, and text-based sessions to fit different schedules and needs.
She works in English and sees clients in Connecticut. Prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire to get started and then schedule according to availability.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Many therapists use evidence-based techniques that focus on practical skills. One common approach teaches breathing, grounding, and thought-challenging strategies to reduce anxiety and manage panic. These skills help people interrupt extreme worry and regain a sense of control in the moment.Another useful method emphasizes behavioral changes such as building routines, breaking tasks into steps, and practicing new habits. This approach helps with depression, motivation problems, and attention or impulse difficulties by making change feel more achievable.
Finding the right method is collaborative. A therapist will work with each person to choose and adapt techniques based on their goals, symptoms, and daily life. Techniques may be combined and adjusted over time until they fit the client's needs and preferences.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for many people. Video calls let therapists observe nonverbal cues and work through skills in real time. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief check-ins, written reflection, and flexible scheduling during busy weeks. These options make it easier to keep momentum and practice new strategies between appointments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Connecticut
- Languages
- English
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