Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps clients to addresses thought patterns that are no longer helpful or have become harmful. By understanding the relationship between thoughts, feelings and behavior, we can work to break old patterns and begin to live new stories. I am also trained in Trauma Focused CBT as a modality to work with trauma. 

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Areas of Focus

Populations served 

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

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

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

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