About Kiara
Kiara Laster meets people where they are and helps them handle strong emotions and everyday pressure. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW - based in California with four years of clinical experience. Kiara listens for what matters most and helps create small, manageable steps toward feeling steadier.
Her approach blends practical tools with reflective work. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot and change unhelpful thoughts. Mindfulness practices are offered to build calm and focus.
Background and approach
Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change. Kiara has a community mental health background and has provided intensive services in that setting. That work shaped how she supports people through trauma, stress, anxiety, and depression.
She also addresses family-related concerns and helps with post-traumatic stress symptoms. Sessions often focus on clear goals and small experiments to test new ways of coping. Conversations are direct but warm, and she helps people try different strategies to see what works.
Communication problems, caregiver stress, body image, and feelings of isolation are common topics she addresses. She offers a practical mix of short-term problem solving and deeper narrative work to make sense of difficult experiences. Kiara aims to help people rebuild self-esteem, reduce shame, and improve daily functioning.
English-language sessions are provided in California and follow her LCSW practice standards.
Approaches in remote therapy and how they help
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of thinking and behaving. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress by giving clear steps to change daily habits and reactions.Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase focus. It can help with panic, rumination, and emotional overwhelm by training awareness in the moment.
Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative way of talking that helps people clarify what they want to change and build their own motivation. It often helps with readiness to try new coping strategies and with setting achievable goals.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options, try techniques, and adjust based on a person’s needs, goals, and preferences. Decisions about methods are made collaboratively and can change as progress is made.
Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer conversations. Phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit shorter check-ins, ongoing encouragement, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep momentum between meetings.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English