About Shayla
Shayla Pattillo helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family challenges, and struggles with self-esteem. She supports those coping with trauma, addiction, grief, eating concerns, ADHD, and mood conditions such as bipolar and disruptive mood dysregulation. Shayla also addresses issues like body image, codependency, abandonment, and parenting concerns.
Shayla practices in Texas and holds an LPC credential, which stands for Licensed Professional Counselor. She brings three years of clinical experience to her work and draws on several practical therapy approaches.
How Shayla works
Her style is warm and straightforward. She listens closely, asks clear questions, and offers tools that people can use between sessions. In sessions she uses techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice and change patterns of thinking and behavior.
She also draws on acceptance and commitment ideas to help people clarify values and take meaningful action. Mindfulness and solution-focused strategies are used to build skills for calm and to set concrete, achievable goals. Shayla aims to strengthen each person’s inner voice and confidence.
She talks through options and suggests simple, useful exercises to try. The focus is on small steps that add up to real change. People connect with her for help after major life changes, during pregnancy and postpartum concerns, or when facing persistent sadness, anger, or loneliness.
She encourages honest conversation and practical problem solving to move toward better days.
Shayla lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Shayla works with
The areas below are the ones Shayla selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
How specific approaches guide online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings and still move toward what matters to them. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and finding direction after big life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and practicing new routines that produce different results. CBT is often used for anxiety, mood concerns, and coping skills training.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and together decide which methods to try. That collaborative process can include mixing techniques from ACT, CBT, mindfulness, and solution-focused work to fit the person’s situation.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let a person see facial cues and have longer sessions. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to touch base between appointments or to fit support into a busy day. These options make it simpler to keep continuity of care while trying different approaches and tools.
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