Kara Johnson, MA, LMFT
Kara Johnson, MA, LMFT
Kara Johnson is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and works as a behavioral coach at the UCLA OCD Intensive Outpatient Program. She has over 12 years of experience as a therapist, receiving her Master’s in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine. Kara has extensive training in evidence-based therapies, including Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) for OCD, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and is a Linehan board-certified in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Kara has experience working at all levels of care - residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, and outpatient settings, treating clients with OCD, mood disorders, personality disorders, and substance use/addiction. In addition to working at the UCLA OCD Intensive Outpatient program, Kara has a private practice where she does individual and couples therapy.
