Kari Hidalgo, LMFT

Kari Hidalgo is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with ten years of counseling experience. She practices in California and has provided tele-mental health services for more than five years. Kari works with people facing relationship strain, life changes, grief, anxiety, depression, trauma, and parenting challenges. Kari focuses on listening and walking alongside clients through difficult seasons. She aims to help people find clearer boundaries, stronger communication, and renewed purpose. Sessions often include practical steps for self-care and ways to manage everyday stress. Her background includes work with trauma, grief, postpartum depression, and compassion fatigue. She uses approaches such as Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy to guide sessions. Kari also has experience supporting LGBT concerns and workplace stress. Kari describes herself as a wife and a working mother of four, which informs her awareness of the demands of family life and career. She draws on that perspective to help clients balance responsibilities and personal needs without judgment. When people reach out, Kari aims to provide steady, ongoing support. She encourages small, achievable steps and collaborative planning so clients can move toward more peace, joy, and purpose in everyday life.

How Kari’s approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s own goals and perspective. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps the person decide next steps. This approach helps with relationship problems, low self-esteem, and figuring out life purpose.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It uses simple exercises to test beliefs and try different behaviors. CBT is helpful for anxiety, depression, stress, and some patterns that get in the way of daily life.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Kari will discuss options and tailor methods to match a person’s needs, goals, and preferences. Decisions about which techniques to use are collaborative and can shift over time as the person progresses.

Practical benefits of online therapy include making sessions easier to fit into a busy day and allowing consistent contact when travel or schedules intervene. If you prefer specific session formats, please confirm current options before booking since formats are not listed here. Online sessions can make it simpler to check in between major life changes or to keep therapy going through work and family transitions.