Kara Kocmick, LICSW

Kara Kocmick is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) in Minnesota with seven years of experience. She works with adults who are struggling with stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, trauma, and codependency. She also supports people facing challenges with self-esteem, career stress, parenting, eating and sleeping problems, and feelings of isolation.

Kara favors a practical, conversational style. She listens and asks questions that help people notice patterns in their thinking and behavior. Sessions focus on concrete steps people can try between meetings and on building skills to manage strong emotions. She uses clear tools rather than long explanations.

Her approach blends client-centered work with cognitive-behavioral ideas and elements of dialectical behavior therapy. That means conversations about how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect, plus training in skills like emotion regulation and distress tolerance. She also draws on mindfulness and motivational interviewing techniques when helpful.

Kara has experience supporting people who want to explore sexual boundaries, kink and alternative sex culture, and related intimacy concerns. She helps people clarify values, set limits, and practice direct communication about needs. That practical focus often includes role‑playing and stepwise exposure to difficult conversations.

People who choose her can expect straightforward feedback and collaborative goal-setting. She frames work in short, manageable steps and tracks progress over time. To begin, clients complete an intake questionnaire and schedule a first session through the practice portal.

How her approaches translate to online sessions