About Kara
Dr. Kara Richardson-Cline is a Minnesota-licensed psychologist with eight years of practice experience. She holds the credential MN Psychologist LP5835 and works with people facing anxiety, stress, depression, grief, sleep problems, ADHD, addictions, and related life challenges.
She favors an approach that follows what each person wants to change rather than a one-size-fits-all plan. Her work draws on attachment-based ideas and cognitive behavioral techniques while keeping the person at the center of sessions.
Background and approach
She blends those methods with mindfulness and, when appropriate, hypnotherapy to address symptoms and day-to-day coping. Sessions focus on concrete skills and connections that suit each person’s goals. Dr.
Richardson-Cline has experience in medical settings and has supervised other mental health providers. That background informs her understanding of how health concerns and life stressors interact with mood and sleep. She aims to help people manage anxiety and build routines that reduce overwhelm.
In therapy she listens closely, helps people set clear goals, and uses simple strategies to change thinking and behavior. She also pays attention to attachment patterns that shape relationships and self-image. Progress often comes from small, steady shifts that add up over time.
Outside of work she spends time outdoors, enjoys family activities, and often has her two dogs nearby during video sessions. She accepts international clients and offers a range of online session formats to fit different schedules and needs.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
She commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify unhelpful thought patterns and test new behaviors, which can reduce anxiety and improve sleep. Attachment-based work examines how early relationship patterns shape current reactions and helps people change how they connect with others. She also brings client-centered methods into sessions, which means the conversation follows the person’s priorities and goals rather than a preset agenda.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively to figure out which methods fit a person’s needs, goals, and preferences. That combination can be adjusted over time as progress is made or priorities shift.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and work through exercises together. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging allow ongoing support between sessions or quick check-ins during a busy week. These formats make it easier to schedule work around life, maintain consistency, and try therapy without traveling to an office.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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