Works with
How Kiara works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Years in practice
- 8
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Kiara
Kiara Pittman is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people manage stress, anger, anxiety, addictions, trauma, and relationship strain. She works with adults, couples, and teenagers and brings eight years of hands-on experience in clinics, hospitals, outpatient settings, homes, and addiction programs.
Kiara aims to make the first step feel less daunting and to offer a warm, welcoming space to begin change. She centers sessions on the client’s goals and priorities.
Background and approach
Kiara describes her style as open and engaging. She listens first, then offers guidance and practical steps people can try between sessions. Her work often blends client-centered care with solution-focused strategies to move toward clear goals.
Kiara uses cognitive behavioral techniques and narrative therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and reframe personal stories. She also draws on dialectical behavior strategies and mindfulness to teach emotion regulation and stress management skills. Motivational interviewing helps when someone is ambivalent about changing behavior, including with addictions.
Her background includes about five years focused on substance abuse and sexual assault or trauma work, alongside broader experience with grief, bipolar concerns, codependency, multicultural issues, and young adult challenges. Growing up as a military dependent and living in many places shaped her ability to adapt and connect with people from different backgrounds.
Kiara practices in Florida as an LMHC - licensed mental health counselor. She offers sessions in English and uses a collaborative approach to help people take realistic steps toward feeling better.
What Kiara works with
Everything Kiara lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Kiara's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Codependency
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Young adult issues
Approaches Kiara lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that translate to online care
Kiara often uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors. CBT is practical and problem-oriented, and it can help with anxiety, depression, anger, and addictive behaviors. She also uses dialectical behavior therapy strategies to teach skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening interpersonal effectiveness.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Kiara collaborates with each person to pick methods that match their goals and preferences, and she adjusts strategies as progress is made. Clients and the therapist decide which skills and techniques to emphasize based on needs and what feels useful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and practice skills in real time, while phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter conversation is needed. Live chat and text messaging can be helpful for brief check-ins, ongoing encouragement, or when someone prefers written reflection. These options make scheduling more flexible and let people fit therapy into busy lives.
Questions people ask about Kiara
What concerns does Kiara commonly support?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, depression, relationship and family concerns, grief, anger, bipolar issues, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is client-centered and solution-focused, with a warm and engaging manner. Sessions emphasize listening, practical steps, and collaborative goal setting.
What kind of experience does she bring?
She has eight years of experience and roughly five years working specifically with substance abuse and sexual assault or trauma across clinics, hospitals, outpatient care, homes, and addiction settings.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a FL LMHC, which stands for licensed mental health counselor, and she practices in Florida.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not taking international clients.
Which session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and routines.
How does payment or cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.