My practice is...
- Welcoming of blended and non-traditional families
- LGBTQIA+ affirming
- HAES-affirming, welcoming of neurodiversity and body diversity, disability-aware
- Grounded in Liberation Psychology, anti-racist, with an awareness of systemic oppressions
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Education, Training & Experience
My practice is largely influenced by my background in experiential education, depth psychology, and trauma/crisis work, and my love of literature and the outdoors. I have extended training in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and the Oaklander Play Therapy Model. My working experience includes roles as a senior clinician on a mobile crisis team, a school-based counselor, and an educationally related mental health therapist. I hold a graduate degree in Counseling and Depth Psychology and an undergraduate degree in Comparative Literature. Before becoming a psychotherapist, I spent a decade working with adolescents and their families at an independent, outdoor, and experiential middle school. |
 Visiting the CG Jung House Museum and Jung Institute.
Zurich, Switzerland. Winter 2024.
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In-person sessions in Carpinteria, CA and virtual sessions for all residents of California.
Coastal View News: Healing with Kara Petersen
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Additional Training Highlights
CBTele-Play Therapy Techniques
Dialectical Behavioral Skills for Adolescents
The Human and Archetypal Child and the Psychotherapy of Early Trauma with Dr. Donald Kalsched
LGBTQIA + Diversity
Oaklander Play Therapy
Navigating Conversations Around Food, Weight, and Body Image in Childhood and Adolescent Populations
Suicide and Non-Suicidal Self Injury
Teaching Yoga to Kids
Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician
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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 |
