Kara Jakubec , LPC

Kara Jakubec is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas who helps people facing uncertainty, life transitions, and questions about purpose or roles. She draws on a background that includes clinical counseling, substance abuse work, and administrative and consulting roles within mental health services to support individuals, families, and professionals as they move toward clearer goals and greater resilience.

Kara earned an M.Ed. in Human Development Counseling from Vanderbilt University in 2016. As an LPC - which stands for Licensed Professional Counselor - she brings a clinical focus to anxiety, depression, trauma and PTSD, substance abuse and recovery, parenting challenges, and family dynamics. Her experience includes providing therapy for adolescents and adults, delivering substance abuse counseling with veterans and other populations, and offering workshops and trainings for teams and professionals seeking improved cohesion and effectiveness.

Her therapeutic style blends a person-centered stance with cognitive techniques and reality therapy, emphasizing the client as the expert in their life. She works collaboratively to identify where a person feels stuck, clarify goals, and develop concrete steps toward change, offering guidance and strategies along the way to help clients achieve their vision.

Approaches and Online Options for Collaborative Care

Kara often uses a person-centered approach that focuses on listening, empathy, and supporting each person as the expert in their own life; this approach helps when someone needs a safe space to explore values, goals, or identity. She also integrates cognitive techniques that look at how thoughts influence emotions and behaviors, offering practical strategies to manage anxiety, depression, and motivation challenges. In addition, she employs aspects of reality therapy to help clients clarify choices, set achievable goals, and take concrete steps toward the life they want.

Choosing the right therapeutic approach is part of the work Kara does with clients. She collaborates with each person to assess needs, preferences, and goals, and adjusts methods over time so the plan fits what is most helpful for them.

Online therapy with these approaches is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, giving flexibility to fit therapy into busy schedules. These options make it easier to attend sessions from different locations, maintain continuity during life transitions, and access regular support in ways that suit individual routines and comfort levels.