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Who I work with

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Cara Waters, LPC

Licensed in Texas and Colorado

You may look high-functioning on the outside, capable, self-aware, and dependable, while feeling emotionally exhausted from overgiving, people pleasing, struggling to say no, or losing yourself in relationships. Many of the women I work with understand their patterns logically but still find themselves repeating them because these responses often live much deeper than conscious awareness.

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I help women heal from attachment wounds, codependency, trauma bonds, emotional burnout, and self-abandonment. As a lesbian therapist, I understand how identity, belonging, shame, and emotional survival can shape the way we relate to ourselves and others.

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My approach combines EMDR, Internal Family Systems (IFS), somatic therapy, and practical tools that help create meaningful change outside of sessions.

 

Healing is not just about understanding why you became this way. It is about learning how to stop abandoning yourself in order to keep love, connection, or approval.

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Specialties

  • Stop Conflict Avoidance

  • Stop People Pleasing

  • Stop Overgiving

  • Codependency symptoms & Self-Abandonment

  • Trauma Bonds & Toxic Relationship Patterns

  • Emotionally Immature Relationships

  • Attachment trauma & Mother Hunger

  • Fear of Rejection

  • Learn Boundaries, Self-Trust, & Emotional Regulation

  • LGBTQ+ Affirming Therapy Online

  • EMDR Therapy Online

  • IFS Therapy Online

3 Hour Intensives for Trauma Work

Three-hour intensives provide extended time for deeper therapeutic work that is often difficult to access in traditional 50 minute sessions. Intensives allow space for EMDR processing, Internal Family Systems-parts work, nervous system regulation, and relationship pattern exploration. These longer-format sessions are individualized and designed for clients who feel stuck in repetitive patterns, emotional overwhelm, relationship distress, or unresolved trauma.

Cost for three-hour intensive $1200.

 

WOMEN'S GROUPS

Our Women's Healing Groups provide a supportive space where women can share their experiences, build meaningful connections, develop healthier relationship patterns, and learn practical tools for emotional wellness and nervous system regulation. Whether you are struggling with codependency, people-pleasing, relationship anxiety, attachment wounds, grief, or self-worth, you will find a community of women who understand.

$100 Monthly

Please contact me for more information.

CONTACT:
carawaters111@gmail.com
972-779-5480

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2616 Kimberly Court
Plano, Texas 75075

Individual Sessions: $165
Couples: $200

I do not accept insurance but can provide superbills for possible insurance reimbursement.

SAFE SPACE • INCLUSIVE CARE • HEALING •

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