Kara King, MSW, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

My journey to becoming a mental health therapist began as an adolescent as I sought ways to understand myself and my own experiences of identity development within a complex family system. I have always been inherently interested in other people’s stories and deeply touched by their diversity of pain and strength. 

 As a licensed clinical social worker, I have worked in a variety of settings with adults, children, adolescents, and families with a variety of presenting concerns including, depression, anxiety, trauma and stressor related symptoms, caregiver-child relationships, ADHD and adjustment difficulties. I also have experience supervising graduate level interns and postgraduate therapists for licensure. 

I am passionate about the power of play, the importance of relationships, the basic need to be seen, heard, understood, and accepted, and the impact of attachment and connection with others in support of growth, healing, and self-understanding. I have gravitated toward an approach that is grounded in attachment, is trauma informed, client-centered, and works with my client’s strengths. I have certificates in Therapy with Adoptive and Foster Families (PSU) and Parent Child Interaction Therapy (UC Davis) and am trained in EMDR, Attachment Based Family Therapy, Internal Family Systems, and Mindfulness.

I bring to this work my own lived experience navigating the world with hearing impairment and progressive vision loss. I enjoy deeply connecting with those I love and care about, reading for pleasure and new perspectives, being in nature, moving and challenging my body, slowing down to experience small moments of joy, perfecting the art of self-care, and finding ways to play.

Specialties: Children, Adolescents, Families (caregiver/child), Adults, and Therapists

Insurances Accepted: OHP (CareOregon, HealthShare, Open Card, YCCO), Blue Cross Blue Shield, First Choice Health Network, Moda, PacificSource Commercial, Providence, Shasta, United, Private Pay

Accepting a Waitlist at the McMinnville location.