How Kayla Works
Kayla uses an individualized, evidence-based approach that draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Person-Centered Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and other therapeutic approaches based on each client’s needs and goals.
Therapy with Kayla may focus on:
- Understanding and managing anxiety and chronic stress
- Recognizing unhelpful thought patterns
- Managing overthinking and perfectionism
- Building confidence and self-trust
- Developing healthier routines and coping strategies
- Improving organization, time management, and follow-through
- Handling school, relationships, responsibilities, and increasing independence
- Coping with pressure, expectations, setbacks, and mistakes
- Developing healthier boundaries with phones, social media, gaming, and technology
- Preparing for and adjusting to major life transitions
Kayla believes meaningful progress often comes from understanding what is happening beneath the surface while also having practical tools for what to do next.
The goal isn’t simply to feel better during a therapy appointment. It is to develop skills that can be used when real life happens.
Athletes & Performance Anxiety
For some teens and young adults, anxiety becomes especially noticeable in sports.
An athlete may perform well in practice but struggle when the pressure is on. Others become overly focused on mistakes, lose confidence after a poor performance, compare themselves to teammates, or feel as though their value depends on how well they perform.
Kayla works with athletes who want to strengthen the mental side of performance. Therapy may address sports performance anxiety, confidence, focus, managing mistakes, pressure, expectations, motivation, perfectionism, and staying present during competition.
This can be especially helpful for athletes who find themselves getting caught in their heads, worrying about disappointing other people, struggling to recover from mistakes, or losing confidence in abilities they know they have.
The goal is not to eliminate every nervous feeling or create a perfect performance. Kayla helps athletes develop the mental and emotional skills to respond to pressure more effectively, regain focus after setbacks, and perform with greater confidence and consistency.
Technology, Social Media & Self-Esteem
Technology is an important part of everyday life, particularly for teens and young adults. The concern isn’t simply how many hours someone spends looking at a screen.
Phones, social media, gaming, and other technology can sometimes become connected to anxiety, sleep problems, procrastination, comparison, low self-esteem, difficulty concentrating, or avoiding uncomfortable feelings.
Kayla has training and certification in Tech Addiction and Digital Health. Rather than assuming technology itself is the problem, she helps clients understand the role it may be playing in their lives and develop healthier, more intentional habits.
Therapy may address:
- Excessive phone or social media use
- Comparing yourself to others online
- Social media and self-esteem
- Gaming habits
- Staying up too late because of technology
- Difficulty concentrating or completing responsibilities
- Using technology to avoid uncomfortable feelings or situations
- Finding a healthier balance between online and offline life
The goal isn’t necessarily to eliminate technology. It’s to help clients feel more in control of how they use it.
