Therapy is different for everyone. My intention is to creatively collaborate with you to craft a therapeutic experience uniquely suited to your needs. Typically, I meet with clients once a week for 50 minute sessions, families often require 75 to 90 minutes. ​

For the first few sessions we'll talk a lot. I'll ask many questions to get to know you. Together we will identify areas that you would like to focus on and create a plan to tend to those topics. Depending on where you are at and what you need in the moment, we may process thoughts and feelings verbally, by creating art, or using body-based grounding and mindfulness practices. We will also work to identify strategies to help you take these practices out of the therapy room and into your daily life. 

More logistics on working together 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