About Kiara
Kiara Pittman is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida who helps people cope with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, and relationship concerns. She also supports people dealing with grief, anger, bipolar mood challenges, self-esteem struggles, and life transitions. Kiara brings a warm, welcoming presence to sessions and focuses on the goals each person brings to therapy.
She draws on eight years of clinical experience in clinics, hospitals, outpatient programs, in-home care, and addiction services.
Background and approach
That background includes roughly five years focused on substance use and addiction work with both teens and adults, plus experience supporting survivors of sexual assault and trauma. Kiara also notes a particular interest in multicultural issues, veteran and armed forces concerns, codependency, and young adult challenges. Kiara describes her style as engaging and open.
She centers the person in the room and listens first, then offers tools and guidance based on what the client wants to accomplish. Sessions often blend client-centered care with solution-focused work to make progress toward concrete goals. Practically, Kiara uses methods from cognitive behavioral therapy and narrative therapy, along with elements of dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing.
She emphasizes helping a person align thoughts and behavior so their body and mind work together. Her life experience moving often and living in many places informs her work on resilience and adaptation. Kiara aims to help people reframe difficult situations and leave sessions feeling closer to their goals.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship. The therapist follows the client’s lead, reflects back what she hears, and helps set goals based on what matters most to the client. This approach supports issues like anxiety, self-esteem, relationship concerns, and coping with change.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, behaviors, and feelings interact. Sessions include practical exercises and simple homework to shift unhelpful thinking and build coping skills, which can help with depression, anxiety, and substance use patterns. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) offers tools for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness, useful for strong mood swings, anger, and relationship struggles.
Finding the best approach is a team effort. The therapist will discuss short-term goals, try strategies, and adjust methods based on what the client finds most helpful. That collaborative process makes it easier to focus on concrete steps that fit each person’s life and needs.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexible options. Video is good for full conversations and skill practice, phone works when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins, live chat helps people who prefer typing, and text messaging supports brief check-ins between sessions. These formats make it easier to schedule therapy around work, school, or caregiving responsibilities.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Multicultural concerns
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English