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KARA PETERSEN, AMFT
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​Hi! I'm Kara, a California-based psychotherapist. I graduated from Pacifica Graduate Institute with a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in depth psychology, marriage and family therapy, and professional clinical counseling. 

​My clinical training was completed at the Family Service Agency, ​Carpinteria Children's Project, and Santa Barbara Unified School District. I bring my background in Experiential Education and Depth Psychology into the therapeutic space to empower my clients to use their strengths in service of their challenges. I work with an integrative combination of Jungian, Cognitive Behavior, Dialectic Behavior, and Somatic modalities. I move within Attachment Theory, Family Systems, Feminist, Social Justice, and Trauma Informed perspectives.  


I love the beach and the mountains. Before becoming a therapist, I spent nearly a decade working with children and families in a middle school setting. My undergraduate degree is in Comparative Literature. I have a deep love of reading and writing. I believe a stroll through the woods, a dip in the ocean, a good poem or a vivid dream can be therapeutic.  ​
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"Instead of transcending ourselves,
​we must move into ourselves."

​Marion Woodman

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Kara Petersen, AMFT #126471
Supervised by Ben Heilveil LMFT #107010
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