About Kara
Kara Justo is a licensed clinical social worker in Connecticut with 21 years of professional experience. She helps people manage stress and anxiety, work through parenting concerns, handle anger and impulsivity, and build self-esteem and motivation. Her practice also addresses mood disorders, grief, eating concerns, addictions, and relationship and family stress.
She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can say what they think and feel. Sessions focus on practical steps people can try between meetings.
Background and approach
Kara emphasizes small, manageable changes that fit into daily life. Her approach is collaborative. She listens to each person and tailors suggestions to individual needs and goals.
Parents often get strategies for routines, limits, and handling strong emotions in children. Kara brings two decades of experience to sessions while keeping the conversation straightforward. She aims to make therapy feel accessible and relevant to what is happening now.
People leave with tools they can use right away. Her work covers a wide range of concerns including postpartum depression, disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD), divorce and separation, and domestic violence recovery. She also supports clients facing obsessions, compulsions, and bipolar or depressive episodes.
Kara is licensed as an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Sessions are offered in English and take place through a mix of video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, depending on what best fits a person’s schedule and needs.
How common approaches fit into online therapy
Evidence-based techniques often used in this practice include structured problem-solving and skills-based strategies. Structured problem-solving helps people break down a worry or conflict into smaller steps, try one action at a time, and review what worked. This approach is useful for anxiety, stress, and practical life problems.Another commonly used method focuses on emotion regulation and managing strong feelings. That work teaches simple tools for calming intense reactions, improving impulse control, and coping with mood swings. It can help with anger, mood disorders, postpartum depression, and disruptive mood patterns.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, daily routines, and what feels manageable. Together they choose techniques to try and adjust them based on what helps most over time.
Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and screen sharing for materials, phone works well when a camera is not needed, and chat or text can be useful for quick check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy schedules and different daily demands.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Connecticut
- Languages
- English