Kara Starkey, MFT

My part-time private practice is conveniently located near the San Jose and Campbell border, close to the corner of Camden and Bascom Ave. My office is easily accessible from Highway 17 and San Tomas Expressway. I offer daytime and evening hours on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, and treat children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families. I have background in school, agency, clinic, outpatient hospital, and private practice settings.

I accept cash, check, credit cards, and FSA accounts as means of payment, and I am contracted with most major insurance plans including Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross, Cigna, United HealthCare, and Optum, I am also a participating member of many employee assistance programs (EAP). I provide long-term therapy, short-term counseling, and Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD).

Sliding scale or income-based fee discounts may be available in cases of financial hardship.

I enjoy working with children of all ages, treating for school attendance problems, simple phobias, pervasive unhappiness, family divorce, grief or separation issues, disruptive classroom behavior, communication problems, suicidal tendencies, aggressive behavior, peer conflicts, physical/sexual abuse, neglect, oppositional tendencies, ADD or ADHD, poor self-esteem, problems adjusting to life transitions, withdrawal tendencies, and bizarre behaviors.