Works with
- Anger
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
How Kari works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California, Colorado
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Kari
Kari Hidalgo is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with ten years of clinical experience. She provides practical, down-to-earth support to people facing relationship problems, grief, anxiety, anger, and life transitions. Kari draws on her years of work helping clients sort through parenting challenges, workplace stress, and recovery from trauma.
Clients meet someone who listens closely and offers straightforward strategies. Sessions often focus on clear communication, setting healthy boundaries, and small steps that make daily life feel more manageable.
Background and approach
Kari uses approaches aimed at changing unhelpful thinking, building on strengths, and addressing trauma when needed. She has practiced tele-mental health for more than five years and serves people in California as a CO LMFT and CA LMFT, which are her listed state licenses as a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.
Kari blends solution-focused ideas with client-centered care to tailor sessions to each person’s needs. Therapy can include short-term problem solving or deeper work depending on the situation. Kari understands the strain of juggling family, work, and personal goals from her own life as a wife and mother.
That perspective informs a collaborative, compassionate style that aims to restore hope and practical balance. She supports people working through anger, addiction, self-esteem struggles, and identity or career questions. Her goal is steady, reliable support.
Kari encourages small, sustainable shifts that lead to clearer relationships and more emotional stability over time.
What Kari works with
Everything Kari lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Kari's practice.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Communication problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Kari lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- 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.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding each person's story and priorities. It emphasizes active listening and helping people set goals that fit their values, which can help with relationship problems, parenting stress, and self-esteem issues.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It teaches practical skills to challenge unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors, which can ease anxiety, depression, and anger-driven reactions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kari will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and comfort level. That might mean short-term solution-focused steps at first, then deeper trauma-focused work if needed.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people use visual cues and have full conversations, while phone sessions work well for lower bandwidth or when being on camera isn't desired. Live chat and text-based messaging are convenient for quick check-ins, brief reflections, or fitting a session into a busy day. These options make it easier to get consistent support around family life, work, and other time pressures.
Questions people ask about Kari
What concerns does Kari commonly address?
Kari works with people facing relationship strain, parenting stress, trauma and abuse, grief, anxiety, depression, anger, addictions, and workplace issues.
What is Kari's approach in sessions?
She combines client-centered listening with practical techniques from cognitive behavioral and solution-focused methods to set clear goals and make small changes.
How long has she been practicing?
Kari brings ten years of counseling experience and more than five years providing tele-mental health services.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with CO LMFT and CA LMFT credentials and practices in California.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted; she works with people located in the United States, specifically California.
What session formats does she use?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does cost and scheduling work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time; to begin, use the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire.