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LCSW, CSW

Kayla Sterling, LCSW, CSW

  • Experience11 years
  • LocationWyoming
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, and Intimacy-related issues
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
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About Kayla

Kayla Sterling is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and CSW with 11 years of experience delivering mental health care in community settings.

Background and approach

She brings broad clinical experience working with people across the lifespan and has treated a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, PTSD, bipolar disorder, ADHD, substance use, and co-occurring conditions. Her background includes individual, group, family, and play therapy, as well as trauma-focused interventions and telehealth-delivered EMDR training.

Her approach is warm, inviting, and client-centered, combining evidence-based methods tailored to each person's circumstances. Kayla uses an eclectic mix of strategies - drawing from Internal Family Systems, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-based work, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy when appropriate - to design interventions that fit the client's needs and goals.

She emphasizes acceptance, unconditional positive regard, and collaboration while helping clients navigate grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, self-esteem and body image challenges, addiction and recovery, parenting stresses, and career or life transitions. Kayla practices from Wyoming and conducts sessions in English.

She works with people seeking a compassionate, individualized therapeutic process and supports clients who are ready to explore change and healing through a collaborative relationship.

How therapeutic approaches adapt to online care

Internal Family Systems (IFS) views the mind as made up of different parts and works to help those parts communicate and heal, which can be especially useful for addressing trauma, self-criticism, and internal conflict. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and building psychological flexibility through mindfulness and committed action, often helping with anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy explores early relational patterns and how they shape current relationships and emotional regulation, supporting work on intimacy, grief, and family dynamics.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each client to assess needs, preferences, and goals, adapting methods over time rather than prescribing a single fixed pathway. This helps ensure interventions fit the person's unique situation and change as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, making it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules and to access care from different locations within the therapist's practice region. These formats support consistent engagement and allow licensed professionals to use the above therapeutic approaches in ways that suit a client's communication style and daily life.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of issues does Kayla help with?
She works with a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, addiction, bipolar disorder, eating and sleeping issues, grief, parenting and career changes. Additional focuses noted include attachment, abandonment, body image, codependency, and substance-related concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm, inviting, and client-centered, using an eclectic mix of techniques tailored to each person. She emphasizes unconditional positive regard and collaborative planning to match interventions to individual goals.
What is her clinical background and experience?
She has 11 years of experience providing therapy in community mental health settings and has treated clients across the age spectrum and with multiple diagnoses and presenting problems.
What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?
Credentials include LCSW and CSW with licensure details CO LCSW CSW.09930533 and OR LCSW L15507, and she practices from Wyoming.
Does she offer services in other languages or accept international clients?
Sessions are conducted in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are available with this therapist?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and needs.
How is cost handled for sessions with this therapist?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesSelf esteemDepression

Also works with

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

Licensed

Wyoming, Washington, Ohio, California, North Carolina, Colorado, Oregon

Languages

English