About Kara-sue
Kara-sue Harriott is a licensed clinician in Maryland with 12 years of professional experience. She holds an MD and is an LCSW-C, and she offers compassionate care for people feeling overwhelmed by mood and stress. She aims to make the first step feel less heavy and to support clients as they look for change.
Kara-sue focuses on issues such as stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and concerns related to LGBT identities.
Background and approach
ADHD is also listed among her areas of focus. She listens for each person's priorities and helps them sort through what matters most right now. Her approach emphasizes an open, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be talked through.
Sessions are practical and down-to-earth, with attention to small steps clients can try between meetings. She encourages self-compassion while gently challenging patterns that hold people back. Kara-sue also addresses related concerns like abandonment and attachment issues, body image, impulsivity, and isolation or loneliness.
She works with problems such as panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, and mood disorders by helping clients identify patterns and build coping strategies. She supports people dealing with communication problems, money and financial worries, guilt and shame, and questions about life purpose and self-love. Conversations often blend emotional processing with real-world problem solving to make daily life more manageable.
Evidence-based approaches and online access
Many evidence-based therapeutic techniques focus on changing thought and behavior patterns to reduce distress. One common approach helps people notice unhelpful thinking, test those thoughts, and build different ways of responding to anxiety and low mood. This is useful for worry, panic, and mood symptoms.Another approach emphasizes processing difficult experiences and building safety in relationships and daily routines. It supports people coping with trauma, shame, and problems with trust or attachment by combining emotional processing with practical coping strategies.
Choosing the right method is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels helpful in early sessions, and then adapt strategies over time so they match each person’s needs.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow for face-to-face conversation when a visual connection helps. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging offer flexible, brief support between longer sessions and can fit into busy schedules.
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- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
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