About Kara
Kara Merriam is a licensed professional counselor in Tennessee who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and related concerns. She brings 14 years of experience to conversations about parenting strain, low self-esteem, bipolar mood challenges, ADHD, and coping with life changes. Kara centers the person in the room and treats each situation as unique.
Kara believes clients are the experts on their own lives. She listens for strengths and practical options.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear goals, small steps, and skills people can try between meetings. Her approach is collaborative and straightforward. Kara supports people who are exhausted by compassion fatigue or who carry the weight of past abuse.
She offers steady guidance and helps set realistic expectations for progress. Kara draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to shape sessions around what a client needs most. Conversations look at thoughts, behaviors, and routines that affect mood and stress.
She helps people practice new ways of coping and tracking what makes a difference. People who work with Kara can expect practical tools, homework that fits daily life, and regular check-ins on goals. Her style is warm but focused, aiming to make therapy useful in small, sustainable ways.
How Kara Uses Evidence-Based Techniques Online
Many of Karas sessions use evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One approach looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to help people spot patterns that keep anxiety and depression active. This helps people test new ways of thinking and acting in everyday situations.Another approach emphasizes skill building for stress and emotion management. That work teaches breathing, grounding, and short coping strategies that can be used during a busy day or a high-stress moment. Those skills are paired with planning so people can try them between sessions and notice what helps.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Kara will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasnt worked in the past. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people keep face-to-face contact without travel. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to touch base between meetings, share homework, or check progress on strategies.
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What this therapist works with
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- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English
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