Kayla Sterling, LCSW, CSW
Wyoming · 11 years in practice
Kayla Sterling is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with eleven years of clinical experience.
License and registration
- LCSW, Wyoming
- LCSW-1015 · expires August 2026
- LICSW, Washington
- LW61413731 · expires August 2026
- LISW, Ohio
- I.2203707 · expires June 2026
- LCSW, California
- 125525 · expires August 2026
- LCSW, North Carolina
- C017242 · expires May 2026
- LCSW, Colorado
- CSW.09930533 · expires August 2027
- LCSW, Oregon
- L15507 · expires September 2026
- NPI
- 1760890461 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 11
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Kayla
Kayla Sterling is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with eleven years of clinical experience. She practices from Wyoming and brings a calm, welcoming presence to sessions. Kayla emphasizes practical support for people facing trauma, anxiety, depression, and life transitions.
She spent much of her career in community mental health settings. That work exposed her to a wide range of concerns and diagnoses, and it shaped her ability to adapt to many different needs.
Background and approach
Kayla has worked with substance use issues, bipolar disorder, ADHD, grief, and eating and sleeping concerns, among others. Kayla favors a client-centered and collaborative style. She aims to build trust first, then tailor strategies to what a person actually needs.
She combines approaches such as cognitive behavioral strategies, acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-focused work, and dialectical behavior tools to address moods, relationships, and coping skills. Trauma treatment is a core interest. The biography notes she has training in EMDR and experience providing EMDR via tele-health.
She pairs trauma-focused tools with grounding and emotion-regulation techniques to help people feel steadier day to day. Sessions tend to be practical and paced to the individual's comfort. Kayla invites open conversation and emphasizes steady progress over time.
She encourages people to reach out when they are ready to explore next steps in their healing journey.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Kayla lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Kayla names
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches for online healing
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values; it is often useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people build more supported ways of relating and managing emotions.Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will listen to a person’s concerns, goals, and preferences and then recommend a mix of methods that fit. Over the first few sessions she will adjust techniques based on what helps most and what feels comfortable for the client.
Online therapy offers flexibility and practical benefits. Video calls allow for conversational sessions that feel close to an office visit. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to connect in shorter bursts during a busy day or to follow up between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping a steady course toward their goals.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Kayla help with?
She supports people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, bipolar symptoms, ADHD, grief, relationship and intimacy questions, parenting strain, eating and sleeping problems, and other life changes.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm, inviting, and client-centered. She focuses on building trust and then tailoring strategies to the person's goals.
What is her professional background?
She has 11 years of experience working in community mental health settings and has treated a broad range of diagnoses and presenting problems.
Which credentials and location apply to this therapist?
She holds LCSW and CSW credentials and practices from Wyoming.
In what language are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available online?
Sessions can be held via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How is cost handled for therapy sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
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