Kayla Christie

Kayla Christie is an Ohio Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) with five years of clinical experience. She works with people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, family and relationship problems, and major life changes. Kayla also lists life purpose among her focus areas and helps people who feel stuck or uncertain about what comes next.

Her sessions are grounded and direct. She uses a mix of approaches and adapts them to what the person brings to the room. Conversations often cover coping strategies, managing strong emotions, and practical steps for daily life. Kayla avoids stigmatizing labels and aims to treat people with respect and sensitivity.

Her background includes work with people facing addiction, domestic violence, chronic illness or pain, caregiver stress, and issues around attachment and intimacy. She notes experience with topics related to BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture. Kayla also works with concerns such as isolation, guilt and shame, impulsivity, and communication difficulties.

In sessions she may draw on techniques from cognitive behavioral approaches, EMDR (eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing), motivational interviewing, humanistic ideas, and Internal Family and Systems Treatment (I-FAST). Those approaches are used to address memories, unhelpful thinking, motivation for change, and how inner parts interact.

Kayla conducts therapy in English and practices in Ohio. She can guide people through the early, uncertain steps of deciding what matters next and planning practical changes that fit everyday life.

Approaches used and how online sessions work

Kayla mentions cognitive behavioral techniques as one approach. These methods look at thinking patterns and practical behaviors and help people test and change unhelpful thoughts and routines. They can be useful for anxiety, depression, and day-to-day coping.

She also lists EMDR, which focuses on processing distressing memories through structured phases. EMDR is often used to reduce the emotional intensity of traumatic memories and to support people moving past specific events. Motivational interviewing is another approach she references; it helps people clarify what they want to change and build motivation in manageable steps.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which techniques to try first, and adjust the plan based on progress, goals, and comfort. That means sessions can shift from memory processing to skills practice or to brief motivational conversations as needed.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a weekly routine, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and remove travel time. It can also make it simpler to continue care after a life change or when managing health or caregiving demands.