About Kari
Kari Mackneer is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, mood disorders, and life changes. She brings 25 years of experience to sessions and works with concerns such as depression, bipolar symptoms, trauma and abuse, grief, and ADHD.
Kari also supports people with relationship trouble, self-esteem and body image worries, sleep and eating issues, and career or caregiver stress. Kari keeps things straightforward and practical in the counseling room.
Background and approach
She listens closely and builds a plan that fits each person's goals. Sessions focus on real-life tools and steps people can try between appointments. The aim is to reduce overwhelming symptoms and improve day-to-day functioning.
Her approach draws from client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior ideas, existential questions, and mindfulness practices. That variety helps her adapt when a different way of working will be more useful. She explains options clearly and helps people choose what feels right.
Kari has worked in many settings over her career and has experience with addiction, personality concerns, and severe mental health struggles. She treats people with respect and without judgment as they work toward change. Her background helps her recognize co-occurring problems and craft practical steps forward.
People who reach out can expect calm, direct guidance and collaborative problem solving. Kari aims to help people build coping skills, manage strong emotions, and make sustainable changes that improve daily life.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building treatment around each person's priorities. It helps people feel heard and involved in creating practical steps for change. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, targets thinking and behavior patterns by teaching concrete skills to reduce anxiety, depression, and unhealthy habits. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improved communication for intense moods and relationship stress.Choosing the right approach happens together. The therapist will talk about goals, try methods, and adjust plans based on what helps most. That collaborative process makes it easier to find techniques that fit a person's needs and daily life.
Online therapy offers flexibility and easier access to consistent care. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when showing expressions matters. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for quick updates, follow-ups, or when writing feels easier than talking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or travel schedules.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English