Kayla Sterling is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 11 years of experience in community mental health. She practices from Wyoming and brings a warm, inviting style to sessions. Kayla emphasizes a client-centered approach and adapts the plan to each person's needs.
Kayla has worked with a wide range of concerns, including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, ADHD, and self esteem issues. She has also supported people facing grief, career changes, parenting stress, and body image concerns. Her background includes work with multiple diagnoses and complex presentations.
Her approach mixes client-centered therapy with techniques drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, attachment-based methods, and dialectical behavior therapy. Kayla aims to tailor interventions to fit what each person says they need. Sessions focus on practical steps, skill building, and clearer thinking about values and relationships.
Kayla stresses collaboration. She listens first, helps people name goals, and co-creates a plan that feels manageable. The work often includes practicing new skills between sessions and checking progress along the way.
She values the courage it takes to seek help and aims to offer steady support through change. To start, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules a session according to the therapist's availability.
Using evidence-based approaches in online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most and take small steps toward those values. It focuses on accepting difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to actions that match personal goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, and sleep or eating concerns.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will listen to your goals and preferences, then suggest approaches to try together. Decisions about which methods to emphasize are made collaboratively and can change as progress is made.
Session formats are not listed in the supplied information, so please confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make sessions easier to fit into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time from the schedule. Licensed professionals also use digital sessions to teach skills, review exercises between meetings, and track goals over time. If you want to explore online sessions, confirm how they are scheduled and the available formats when you complete the matching questionnaire.
AddictionsRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAttachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCo-morbidityCodependencyCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDissociationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMood disordersPanic disorder and panic attacksPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems
Experience
11+ years
Credentials
Wyoming, Washington, Ohio, California, North Carolina, Colorado, Oregon
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Kayla often address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, self esteem issues, ADHD, grief, eating and sleeping problems, parenting strain, and related areas.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm and inviting. She uses a client-centered, collaborative approach with practical skill building.
What is her professional background?
She has 11 years of experience providing therapy in community mental health settings and has worked with many diagnoses and complex cases.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LCSW and CSW credentials and practices from Wyoming.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Select the continue button on this profile, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
