- CBT informed
- Solution focused
- Trauma aware
About Kari
Kari Hidalgo is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with ten years of clinical experience and licensure in California and Colorado. She has provided direct counseling for a decade and delivered tele-mental-health services for more than five years. Kari lists relationship, family, trauma and abuse, parenting, self esteem, stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, anger, career, depression, and young adult issues among her areas of focus.
Kari works with individuals and couples as they move through life changes and relationship strains. She helps people manage grief, trauma responses, postpartum depression, and everyday pressure like work stress or worry about the future. Practical concerns such as communication problems, guilt and shame, and recovering from setbacks are part of her caseload.
Sessions tend to center on listening, clarifying immediate goals, and using approaches that offer concrete tools. She draws on client-centered methods and cognitive behavioral ideas to help people notice patterns and make small changes that add up. Solution-focused strategies are used to identify strengths and short-term steps when clients want faster problem-solving.
Kari also works with people facing identity and LGBT-related issues, workplace strain, and questions about life purpose. She brings experience supporting parents through parenting stresses and pregnancy or childbirth related concerns. Her background includes work with compassion fatigue and forgiveness concerns.
Her practical style aims to reduce overwhelm and build coping skills for daily life. Prospective clients should confirm current session options before booking and follow the listed process to begin.
Therapeutic approaches used in online sessions
Client-centered therapy places the person and their priorities at the center. It focuses on active listening, clarifying what matters most, and helping people set their own goals. This approach can help with relationship strain, self esteem, and finding direction during life transitions.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, teaches practical ways to notice thoughts and habits that keep problems going. It offers concrete tools for reducing anxiety, adjusting unhelpful thinking, and managing low mood or stress. Solution-focused therapy zeroes in on strengths and small steps that produce quick changes when someone wants focused problem-solving.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Kari will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That choice can change over time as the work evolves and new priorities appear.
Confirm the current session formats before booking, since the biography notes tele-mental-health experience but does not list specific formats here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week - shorter check-ins, calls that avoid camera time, or sessions scheduled around work or school are practical examples people often find helpful. The focus is on making sessions usable within everyday life rather than on a single model of care.
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Experience
10+ years
Listed in
California, Colorado
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What issues does she commonly address?
Kari works with relationship problems, parenting challenges, trauma and grief, anxiety, depression, workplace strain, and young adult issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She uses client-centered listening alongside practical techniques from cognitive behavioral and solution-focused approaches to set goals and build coping skills.
How much experience does she have?
She has ten years of direct counseling experience and over five years providing tele-mental-health services.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is an LMFT licensed in Colorado and California and practices from California for local clients.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats does she offer?
Confirm current session options before booking, as the biography lists tele-mental-health experience but does not detail specific formats on file.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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