Our Team

Kayla provides phone and video/virtual counselling to clients across British Columbia. She works with children, youth and adults, and supports both individuals and couples.

Kayla seeks to offer her clients calmness when things feel chaotic and compassion when they are feeling vulnerable. She supports clients in achieving greater insight, growth and connection with others. Her approach to the therapeutic session is rooted in her belief that every person longs to be understood and accepted for who they are.

Kayla’s sessions are welcoming, collaborative and enhancing. Her expertise lies in her therapeutic intuition and attention to detail. Kayla is a detective, piecing together the puzzle of her client’s concerns. Kayla deeply honours each client for their unique experiences and seeks to understand them in a meaningful way.

Kayla specializes in working with couples using the Gottman Method. She has completed Level 1 & 2 of the Gottman Method training program, which is one of the most research driven therapies to date. Kayla has also completed The Gottman Institute’s Treating Affairs and Trauma training. She uses the Gottman approach to identify harmful relationship dynamics and support couples to develop the skills to achieve healthier communication patterns and increased intimacy, affection, empathy, understanding and respect. She strives to equip couples with tools to continue building their relationship between sessions and after completing counselling.

Kayla also has extensive experience supporting parents. She uses positive parenting interventions to help them understand their child’s behaviours and overcome challenges. Kayla’s focus when working with parents is to help stabilize the family, increase attachment, and build resiliency. She also supports individuals and couples adjusting to the transition to parenthood and those experiencing new parent isolation and loneliness.

Kayla provides ADHD-informed care to her clients. She holds the ADHD - Certified Clinical Service Provider designation, which represents her extensive additional training for and experience in supporting clients with ADHD.

Kayla is a trauma-informed practitioner with a history of providing trauma counselling to clients who have experienced challenging life circumstances and events. She has completed various training courses to support her work with clients. She is skilled in supporting those who have experienced a recent trauma and require support in the immediate days and weeks following the event, as well as clients seeking longer-term therapies.

Kayla works with clients of all ages and stages of life. She is comfortable working with complex issues including abuse, trauma, neglect, family issues, attachment wounds, and grief and loss. She helps clients address difficulties with emotional regulation, anger management, conflict management and addictions/substance use. Kayla offers support to work on self-esteem, boundary setting, stress and burnout, depression and anxiety. She works with clients to explore their identity, sexual orientation, and sense of purpose and meaning. Additionally, she helps clients through life transitions, including separation and divorce.

Kayla draws from a broad collection of therapeutic modalities, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Gottman Method Couples Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy and more, to strategically support each client. Kayla’s focus is on providing sound, safe, non-judgmental sessions to clients.

Kayla has been supporting children, youth, adults, couples and families in a variety of roles since 2010. She is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC). Kayla completed her Master of Counselling program at City University of Seattle.

Rate:

$150+GST per 50 minute session (individuals)
$190+GST per 50 minute session (couples)
$225+GST per 80 minute session (individuals)
$290+GST per 80 minute session (couples)