Kara Lustig

(she/her)

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I have a warm, compassionate, collaborative and direct approach, and use evidence-based approaches to increase awareness and foster change.

Psychologist in Cambridge, MA

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About My Clients

For over a decade, I have worked with individuals struggling with a wide range of difficulties and acuity, including anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship difficulties. I work particularly well with clients struggling with anger/irritation, chronic worry, and anxiety.

My Background and Approach

I balance a casual yet professional style and prioritize creating a warm, non-judgmental space where clients can increase awareness of their emotional and relational patterns. I pull from several orientations, including psychodynamic/relational, emotion-focused, CBT, acceptance-based, and compassion-based approaches. Collaboratively, we will make sense of your difficulties and identify ways to make change, or as is the case in situations that we can’t change, learn to relate to them differently. My clients express appreciation for my transparent, collaborative, compassionate, and well-informed approach. I have telehealth openings for Massachusetts-based clients with Aetna or private-pay including clients with PPO insurance plans. Please email me if you would like to schedule a free initial call so I can answer questions, and we can assess whether we may be a good match.

My Personal Beliefs and Interests

My work has primarily been in college mental health at an urban university for the past decade, and I am interested and have experience in working with clients from diverse backgrounds, including racial and ethnic minorities and individuals that identify as LGBTQ. I try to understand clients in context and consider societal issues and -isms to understand clients’ experiences in the world. I am open to talking about my own identity and position in society.

Qualifications

License
Psychologist, State of Massachusetts · #9862
Supervision
Provides supervision to apprentice therapists · currently accepting supervisees
Years in practice
14 years

Insurance Plans Accepted

  • Aetna

I offer online counseling in the following states:

Hours & Availability

Telehealth
Available

Location

Primary Location

Cambridge, MA 02139
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At A Glance

  • Experience: 14 years of practice
  • Rate: $230 - 250/session

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