About Kari
Kari Hidalgo is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with ten years of clinical experience. She practices from California and brings a calm, steady presence to sessions. Kari focuses on helping people navigate anxiety, stress, grief, relationship struggles, and life transitions.
She spends time listening to each person’s story and clarifying what matters most right now. Sessions aim to build clearer communication, practical coping skills, and workable boundaries. Kari uses straightforward tools so people can try small changes between meetings.
Background and approach
Kari has provided tele-mental health services for several years and blends tried approaches to match each person’s needs. She draws on client-centered methods to follow the client’s lead. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques are used when patterns of thinking or behavior are getting in the way.
When trauma or loss is part of the picture, Kari includes approaches that focus on healing from those experiences. She also uses solution-focused tools to identify concrete next steps and short-term goals. The aim is to find what helps now and build on it.
Kari understands the pressures of work, parenting, and midlife change from her own experience as a working mother. She works with people facing parenting stress, workplace strain, relationship conflict, addiction concerns, and questions about purpose. Her style is supportive, practical, and hopeful.
Approaches that translate well to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following what matters to the client. It helps people feel heard and guides the conversation toward the issues they most want to change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety and improve coping. It is useful for stress, depression, anxiety, and patterns that repeat over time.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Kari will work together with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That choice can change over time as needs evolve and progress is made.
Online formats offer flexibility for busy schedules. Video calls let people keep visual cues and a stronger sense of connection. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to use video. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, journaling between sessions, or for people who find writing easier than speaking. These options make it possible to fit therapy into work days, parenting routines, and other life demands.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- California, Colorado
- Languages
- English
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