You are the expert on your life.

I am here to offer awareness, attunement, and tools. I work with individuals who want to do things differently, who realize it's time to make a change, and who want to reflect on the past to move forward into the future. I help clients understand their internal processes, while acknowledging the effects of external experiences such as personal and generational traumas, family history, education, and systemic oppression. 

Email for a free 15-minute consultation

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Areas of Focus

Populations Served

Abuse
​Anxiety
Borderline Personality
Bipolar 
Depression
Divorce
Domestic Violence
Family Conflict
Gender & Sexuality
Grief
Mood Disorders
​Panic Attacks
Parenting

Peer Relationships
​School/Work Issues
Self Esteem
Self-Harm
Sleep & Insomnia
Spirituality
Stress
Suicidal Ideation
Trauma & PTSD

• ​Activists and Care Takers 
• Families of Loved Ones with Severe Mental Illness
• High-achievers
• LGBTQ+
• People pleasers
• Pre & Post Residential Treatment Planning and Support

 

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Kara Petersen, LMFT (she/her)​​
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #145462
5565 Carpinteria Avenue, Carpinteria, CA 93013
[email protected]
(805) 707-2074​

​"Speaking and listening are a form of psychic breathing."                                                                           -​Carol Gilligan