Cara Damier , LMHC

Cara Damier is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with a master's degree in counselor education and eight years of clinical experience. Based in Florida, she brings focused expertise in anxiety and trauma treatment and has led anxiety groups as part of her practice. She emphasizes a grounded, foundational approach to change that aims to support durable healing rather than quick fixes.

Cara creates a calm, stabilizing therapeutic environment while working to uncover the deeper layers of a person's difficulties. Her goal is to help clients build resilience, increase confidence, and move from merely surviving toward thriving when facing life stressors. She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, relationships, grief, sleep difficulties, parenting challenges, career transitions, and compassion fatigue.

Clinically, she draws from a broad, integrative toolkit and tailors therapy to each individual. Her work incorporates methods such as Emotion-Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Solution-Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Existential Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Mindfulness practices, Trauma-Focused CBT, and Schema Therapy. For clients who request it, she can also integrate psychological principles with Christian theology and biblical teachings.

As a licensed practitioner, Cara emphasizes collaborative care that aligns treatment to a client’s goals and values, helping people address both immediate symptoms and the underlying patterns that sustain them.

Approaches That Guide Online Work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify their values and take action toward a meaningful life, even when difficult thoughts and feelings are present. It is useful for stress, anxiety, and patterns that interfere with daily functioning.

Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationship patterns shape current connections and emotional responses, supporting improvements in intimacy, communication, and relational security. This approach can be especially helpful for relationship concerns, abandonment issues, and attachment-related difficulties.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and adjusting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms and build practical coping skills. It is commonly applied to anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and many day-to-day challenges.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and Cara works collaboratively with clients to select methods that align with their needs, goals, and preferences. She tailors interventions over time so that therapy remains responsive to progress and changing priorities.

Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging provides flexibility for scheduling and access from different locations. These options allow clients to engage in consistent care with licensed professionals while fitting therapy into work, family, and travel demands.