Kara Jakubec, LPC

Kara Jakubec is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas. She has five years of clinical counseling experience and a background working in mental health administration and substance abuse services. Kara helps people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure about what comes next. She focuses on building practical steps people can use each day.

Kara's work grew out of roles supporting families, running trainings, and counseling people with anxiety and depression. She has experience with parenting concerns and substance use recovery and has worked with individuals and groups in those settings. Her path into counseling followed a master’s degree in Human Development Counseling from Vanderbilt University and time in administrative and consultant roles in mental health.

In sessions she uses a person-centered stance alongside cognitive and reality therapy techniques. That means she starts by listening to what matters to the client and then helps test realistic steps that move daily life forward. Conversations are focused on identifying where life feels blocked and creating concrete actions to try between sessions.

Common topics she addresses include stress and anxiety, coping with life changes, grief, trauma and abuse, parenting struggles, career questions, and challenges with self-esteem and relationships. She also supports people facing addiction, anger, eating concerns, intimacy-related issues, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.

Kara aims for a collaborative process. She helps people set clear goals, break those goals into manageable steps, and adjust plans as needed. The emphasis is on practical strategies that fit into a person's everyday life and build momentum toward the changes they want.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Her practice combines a person-centered approach with cognitive techniques and reality therapy methods. Person-centered work means the therapist listens first and treats the client as the expert on their life, helping them name what matters most. Cognitive work focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing alternative ways of thinking to reduce stress and anxiety. Reality therapy emphasizes setting realistic goals and taking concrete actions to move toward those goals.

Finding the best approach is part of the therapeutic process. She collaborates with each person to decide which techniques fit their goals and comfort level, and then adapts strategies over time based on what helps most. This teamwork aims to match methods to real-life needs rather than applying a fixed protocol.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when days are tight. It also lets people keep progress going between in-person commitments and try step-by-step strategies in their normal routines.