Kayla Ogletree

Kayla Ogletree is an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker in New Jersey with three years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, self-esteem struggles, and depression. She also addresses related issues such as caregiver stress, body image, attachment concerns, and life transitions like divorce and fertility challenges.

Kayla views each person as the expert on their own story. In sessions she focuses on strengths clients already have and uses them to address current problems. She aims to help people notice what gets in the way of everyday functioning and try practical steps to change those patterns.

Her work draws on Client-Centered Therapy to center the client's perspective, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and Mindfulness techniques to build present-moment awareness. Motivational Interviewing is used to explore and strengthen a client's own reasons for change.

Sessions are straightforward and goal-focused. Conversations often include identifying clear small steps, practicing skills between meetings, and checking what works. Kayla encourages clients to move at a pace that feels manageable while testing new ways of coping.

She provides services in English to people living in New Jersey. Kayla asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session to begin the process.

Approaches used and how online sessions can help

Kayla uses Client-Centered Therapy, which focuses on listening to a person's experience and responding without judgment so they can make sense of their own priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to spot patterns of thought and behavior that contribute to anxiety, low mood, or relationship strain, and to practice concrete changes. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention skills to reduce reactivity and increase awareness of present-moment experience.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kayla will collaborate with clients to decide which combination of methods fits their goals, needs, and preferences, and she will adjust the plan as those needs change over time.

Confirm the specific session formats before booking, since the biography does not list them. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy week, shorten check-ins when time is limited, and allow people to connect without traveling to an office. These practical benefits can help someone feeling stuck try new steps, practice skills between meetings, and keep therapy consistent while balancing other obligations.