Working with an attachment-based and family systems approach, I help families navigate and support each other through life's transitions and challenges. In the family system, each individual affects the whole of the family and the whole family affects each individual. Understanding the roles of the individual and the family as a whole can help bring about healing and harmony in the family and the individual. Whether you want to address generational trauma or unite a new family, I incorporate each family's unique traditions and history into treatment. Divorced, blended, multi-racial, and LGBTQIA+ families welcome.

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Areas of Focus

Abuse
Addiction
Anxiety
​Behavioral Challenges
Bipolar
​Borderline Personality
Depression
Divorce
Domestic Violence
Family Conflict
​Gender & Sexuality
Grief

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

More on my background and how I work here.

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