Kara Jakubec, LPC

Kara Jakubec is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas who helps people navigate moments of uncertainty and change and build practical steps toward their goals. She draws on a background that includes counseling, administration, and consultation in mental health settings to support individuals, families, and groups facing anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, parenting struggles, and relationship challenges. She earned an M.Ed. in Human Development Counseling from Vanderbilt University in 2016 and transitioned into a counseling career with a focus on clinical practice.

Kara has worked with people across the lifespan, including adolescents and veterans, and has supported individuals and families through substance use recovery, trauma and PTSD, and parenting concerns. Her experience includes delivering group and individual therapy, consulting with professionals, and facilitating workshops aimed at improving team functioning and family communication.

Her clinical approach blends a person-centered stance with cognitive techniques and elements of reality therapy, inviting clients to be the experts in their own lives while offering structure and skill-building where it helps most. She collaborates with clients to identify where they feel stuck, clarify their direction, and develop achievable steps, providing guidance along the way as they work toward greater empowerment and resilience.

Evidence-Based Approaches Delivered Online

Kara uses person-centered therapy to create a respectful, empathetic space where clients are invited to explore their values and choices; this approach is helpful for people facing life transitions, questions about purpose, or relationship concerns. She also integrates cognitive techniques that focus on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and building practical skills to manage anxiety, depression, and stress. When appropriate, elements of reality therapy are used to help clients clarify goals and take concrete steps toward change, which can be useful for motivation, decision-making, and behavioral challenges.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Kara collaborates with each person to determine which strategies fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting methods over time so care feels personalized and practical.

Online therapy with Kara is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, giving clients flexibility to engage in ways that suit their schedules and comfort. These options make it easier to access consistent support while balancing work, family, and other commitments, and allow therapists and clients to focus on progress and practical problem solving.