Kara Fedore, LCSW

Kara Fedore is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, registered in Tennessee with eight years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, relationship and family concerns, and the strain that comes with life changes and caregiving roles.

Kara’s approach is client-centered. She adapts methods to what each person needs and combines different techniques rather than using a single fixed model. She commonly draws on elements of EMDR, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and motivational interviewing.

In sessions she focuses on practical steps people can use between visits. That can look like identifying patterns that keep problems going, trying small changes, building tolerable coping strategies, and practicing skills for emotion regulation and communication. She also addresses issues tied to adoption and foster care, attachment concerns, blended family stress, and family of origin dynamics.

Kara has worked with people affected by substance use and those recovering from domestic violence and other trauma. She supports people dealing with fertility worries, grief over relationships, shame or guilt, and the exhaustion that comes from caregiving and compassion fatigue.

Her style is straightforward and goal oriented. She helps people clarify what they want to change, pick concrete next steps, and track progress over time. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session through the See online therapy options button.

How Kara’s approaches translate to online sessions