Kara Levine , LCSW

Kara Levine, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker in Louisiana with 11 years of professional experience. She earned her Master of Social Work from Tulane University with a concentration in disaster mental health, and she has spent her career supporting children, adolescents, and adults through grief and trauma. Her work has included helping young people cope with chronic and terminal illnesses and supporting families as they navigate the ripple effects that illness brings to relationships and daily life.

Kara relies on evidence-based interventions and tailors both conversation and treatment plans to each person’s individual needs. She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion in her approach and frames therapy as a collaborative process aimed at meaningful change. Her practice addresses a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and family issues, caregiver stress, and life transitions.

Kara aims to help people reclaim a sense of purpose and improved functioning so they can move forward in the life they want to live. She recognizes that beginning therapy takes courage and treats the first contact as an important step in a team effort toward healing and growth.

Approaches and Online Care with a Licensed Social Worker

Kara Levine draws from several practical therapies to address trauma, stress, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression and improve daily functioning. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is a structured approach that helps process traumatic memories and reduce their emotional intensity, often used for trauma-related symptoms. Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative, goal-oriented style that helps people resolve ambivalence and build motivation for change, useful for shifts in behavior and life decisions.

Choosing the best approach is part of the therapeutic process. Kara works collaboratively with each person to evaluate needs, goals, and preferences, then adapts techniques and treatment plans to fit the individual. This team-based method helps ensure the work feels relevant and effective for the person seeking help.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, caregiving, or mobility concerns and allow consistent contact with licensed professionals and therapists from a distance while maintaining a steady course of care.