Meet Kara

I bring over 40 years of life experience, including being a competitive athlete, a teacher, a CrossFit owner and head coach, a therapist, a mother, wife, daughter, sister, friend, and a Korean-Japanese adoptee.
 
I received my Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with an emphasis in Counseling at the Dominican University of California in San Rafael, CA, and graduated with Psi Chi Honors. I later received my Master of Arts in Marriage & Family Therapy at The University of Akron in Akron, OH, and graduated as a Golden Key International Honour Society member.
 
I have completed internships, volunteer work, and thousands of hours of clinical work in various locations, including The Larkspur Center for Brain Injury Recovery, The Rape Crisis Center of Marin, Bellefaire JCB Residential Treatment Center, The University of Akron’s Counseling Clinic, and Searchlight Family Therapy private practice.
 
I am trained in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Level 1 Trained in Gottman Method Couples Therapy (Level 2 in progress), and EMDR Therapy (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing), and I continue to learn and enhance my skills and professional development.
 

I am a member of the AAMFT, the American Association for Marriage & Family Therapy, and the EMDRIA: EMDR International Association.