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Cara Damier

Cara Damier, LMHC

Florida

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LMHC - Relationships and Family Concerns

  • Stress and anxiety
  • Attachment patterns
  • Blended family issues

About Cara

Cara Damier is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida with eight years of clinical experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, self-esteem struggles, depression, grief, parenting strains, career questions, and blended family issues.

Cara favors clear, practical sessions. She listens for the problem underneath the symptoms and helps people name what gets in the way. Sessions often focus on small changes that make day-to-day life feel more manageable. She also offers options that bring spiritual values into counseling when a client requests integration with Christian teaching.

Her background includes running anxiety-focused groups and providing individual counseling for trauma. Cara uses a mix of methods rather than a single technique, drawing on approaches that fit the person and the situation. This gives room for emotion work, skill building, and problem-focused strategies.

People who come to Cara tend to want concrete tools and steady guidance. She combines acceptance and behavior-based strategies with attention to attachment patterns. That can be useful when someone is navigating loyalty conflicts, stepfamily role questions, or co-parenting logistics.

Her sessions are straightforward and goal-oriented. Cara helps people set small, realistic steps and checks progress each visit. To begin, callers follow the site's matching process and schedule an initial session to talk through goals and next steps.

Approaches in remote sessions and how they help

Cara regularly draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in her work. ACT focuses on identifying values and learning ways to act on them even when difficult thoughts or feelings are present. It can help when someone feels stuck between competing loyalties in a blended household. CBT looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and offers concrete tools to change patterns that cause distress.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Cara works with the person to choose methods that fit their goals and preferences. That means trying practical strategies, checking what helps, and adjusting plans together rather than sticking to one fixed method.

Session formats are not detailed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into everyday life - for example a shorter check-in between commitments, sessions that do not require travel, or using phone or video depending on bandwidth and comfort. Therapists can also focus sessions on skill practice or on talking through immediate household conflicts, depending on what a person needs that week.

Areas of expertise

Also works with

Family conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersParenting issuesCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesCancerCaregiver issues and stressCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDissociationDivorce and separationEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsPanic disorder and panic attacksPhobiasPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationTrichotillomaniaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyGottman MethodJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

8+ years

Listed in

Florida

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she address?

Cara works with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, depression, grief, parenting concerns, career changes, and blended family issues.

How would you describe her approach in sessions?

She uses practical, goal-focused sessions that mix emotion work and skills training. Cara adapts her techniques to what the person needs.

How much experience does she have?

She has eight years of clinical experience and has led anxiety-focused groups in the past.

What are her credentials and location?

She is a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor (FL LMHC) and practices from Florida.

Can sessions be in languages other than English?

Sessions are offered in English.

Does she work with international clients?

She accepts international clients.

What session formats are available?

Session formats are not specified in the biography. Please confirm current session options before booking.

How are costs handled and how do I start?

Costs vary by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

Online talk therapy is for adults and is not emergency care, mediation or legal advice. If you or a child are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.

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