- Years in practice
- 10
- Credentials
- MD, LCSW-C
- Licensed in
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- LGBT
- Focus
- Relationship issues
About Kara
Kara Finamore is a licensed clinician in Maryland with an MD and a Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical (LCSW-C) and ten years of experience in mental health. She focuses on practical steps parents and individuals can use to manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship or intimacy concerns. Her approach is respectful and straightforward.
She aims to make the first steps toward change feel possible. Kara listens for what matters most in a person's life and tailors conversations to fit those priorities.
Background and approach
She offers ways to cope with grief, parenting strain, addiction challenges, and trauma reactions. She also supports people facing fertility issues, postpartum depression, and problems tied to multicultural or LGBT identity contexts. Sessions are collaborative and goal-oriented.
She works with clients to set small, achievable goals and to practice skills between meetings. That can include strategies for anger management, reducing obsessive thoughts, or handling workplace stress and career shifts. Kara brings experience with first responder issues, domestic violence concerns, and hospice or end-of-life counseling.
She describes care as sensitive and empowering, with attention to each person's values and history. Conversations are shaped to fit real life - not long lectures, but clear options and steps. People who find Kara helpful often want practical tools plus steady support.
She supports those dealing with family problems, dependent personality patterns, or coping with major life changes. Her work emphasizes steady progress and building confidence over time.
What Kara works with
Everything Kara lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Kara helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Postpartum depression
Approaches and online care that fit busy lives
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques used in sessions focus on practical tools and measurable change. One approach emphasizes skill development for managing anxiety and stress through step-by-step practices that reduce worry and increase calm in day-to-day life. Another approach targets trauma and relationship wounds by helping people process difficult memories and improve how they communicate about needs and boundaries.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to match methods to goals, needs, and personal preferences. That might mean trying one method for a few sessions and adjusting based on what helps most.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations when visual cues matter, phone sessions work when internet bandwidth is limited, live chat can be useful for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around parenting demands, work, and other responsibilities.
Questions people ask about Kara
What concerns does Kara often address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, grief, addictions, anger, and self-esteem problems.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and practical, with short-term goals and skill practice between sessions to build coping and problem-solving abilities.
What is her professional background?
She holds an MD and is an LCSW-C with ten years of professional experience in mental health care.
Where is she based and licensed?
She is licensed in Maryland and provides services from that location.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions can be held via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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