- Stress and anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Solution-focused work
About Keara
Keara Sheppard is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Washington with 14 years of professional experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, and challenges around parenting. Her work is grounded in treating the person, not just a diagnosis, and she treats clients as the expert on their own lives.
Keara focuses on practical conversation and clear goals. She listens for patterns that get in the way and helps people test new ways of reacting. Sessions often look at habits of thinking, communication routines, and small experiments to shift day-to-day life.
She uses methods that center the client's perspective, along with cognitive-behavioral ideas and motivation-focused techniques. Narrative and solution-focused tools also appear in her work to help people reframe stories and set short-term, achievable steps. These approaches are chosen to match each person’s needs and preferences.
Keara often helps people manage feelings of abandonment, attachment concerns, body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, commitment issues, and loneliness. She also addresses communication problems, family conflict, divorce and separation, eating and food-related issues, guilt and shame, and impulsivity.
Sessions aim to be straightforward. Keara works with people on concrete goals, like improving communication, reducing anxiety symptoms, or adjusting to a life change. Prospective clients should confirm current session options before booking.
How her approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting back what matters to the client. It helps people feel heard and clarifies their own goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers practical techniques to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to pick methods that fit their goals and preferences. That might mean starting with practical steps from CBT, then using narrative or solution-focused techniques to reframe how a person sees a recurring problem.
Session formats should be confirmed before booking because the biography does not list specific online options. Online sessions can make it easier to schedule appointments around school, work, or caregiving, and they can reduce travel time. Phone or video choices can help when someone prefers less screen time or needs a shorter check-in. Ask about current session formats when you arrange the first appointment so you can plan what works with your daily routine.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
14+ years
Listed in
Washington
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, and parenting concerns, plus issues like attachment, body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and loneliness.
How would she describe her therapeutic approach?
Her style centers the client's perspective and uses clear, practical methods. She draws on client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, motivational interviewing, narrative tools, and solution-focused strategies.
How long has she practiced?
She has 14 years of professional experience working with the listed concerns.
What is her credential and where is she based?
She holds the LMHC credential and practices in Washington state.
Can people who speak other languages work with her?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she take clients outside the United States?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How do sessions and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapy uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Choose the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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