About Kayla
Kayla Mulholland is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, and mood concerns. She speaks English and Spanish and aims to make therapy approachable for people feeling overwhelmed. Kayla writes simply and listens closely to what matters most to each person she sees.
Kayla uses practical strategies to help people notice what matters, change unhelpful patterns, and cope with strong emotions.
How Kayla works
She draws on approaches such as acceptance and commitment methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, and mindfulness exercises. Sessions typically include clear steps and small homework tasks to practice between meetings. Her background includes five years of clinical work in California settings that emphasized trauma-informed care and resilience building.
Kayla values collaboration and helps people name strengths they already have. She focuses on manageable changes that fit daily life rather than large, abstract goals. In sessions she helps parents with the strain of raising children and supports people navigating difficult life transitions.
She also works with those dealing with compassion fatigue, self-esteem struggles, anger, relationship concerns, and pregnancy or postpartum mood changes. Her approach balances practical tools and emotional support. Kayla aims to reduce stigma around seeking help and to create a respectful space where people can set and reach personal goals.
She encourages clear communication about what clients want from therapy and adjusts methods to match their needs. Her practice offers multiple formats for meeting, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
Kayla lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Kayla works with
The areas below are the ones Kayla selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
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Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Practical approaches for online therapy and change
Kayla uses acceptance and commitment therapy to help people clarify their values and make space for difficult feelings while moving toward meaningful action. That approach can help with anxiety, low mood, and life transitions by focusing on what matters most rather than trying to eliminate every uncomfortable thought.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and to replace them with small, concrete experiments. CBT is useful for managing anxiety, mood disorders, and anger by teaching skills people can use between sessions.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Kayla talks with each person about their goals, preferences, and day-to-day reality, then suggests methods to try. She checks in and adjusts techniques so the work fits the client's pace and priorities.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions are helpful for face-to-face conversation and exercises, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat allows brief check-ins, and text messaging supports quick reflections or ongoing encouragement between meetings. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, parenting, or school schedules and to continue progress when life gets busy.
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