Our Team

Kayla is currently on leave, and will return on January 8, 2025.

Looking for a Gottman Couples Counsellor? Check out Bob’s profile and Shauna’s bio. In search of parenting support or ADHD-informed care? You might find what you’re looking for in Hailey’s bio.

Not sure who to pick? Let our Clinical Director help you choose a counsellor through our Matching Service.

Kayla provides phone and video/virtual counselling to clients across British Columbia. She works with children, youth and adults, and supports individuals, couples and families.

Kayla seeks to offer her clients calmness when things feel chaotic and compassion when they are feeling vulnerable. She supports clients in achieving greater insight, growth and connection with others. Her approach to the therapeutic session is rooted in her belief that every person longs to be understood and accepted for who they are.

Kayla’s sessions are welcoming, collaborative and enhancing. Her expertise lies in her therapeutic intuition and attention to detail. Kayla is a detective, piecing together the puzzle of her client’s concerns. Kayla deeply honours each client for their unique experiences and seeks to understand them in a meaningful way.

Kayla specializes in working with couples using the Gottman Method, allowing her to identify harmful relationship dynamics and support couples to develop the skills to achieve healthier communication patterns and increased intimacy, affection, empathy, understanding and respect. She strives to equip couples with tools to continue building their relationship between sessions and after completing counselling. She has completed Gottman Method training Levels 1 & 2, as well as their Treating Affairs and Trauma course.

Kayla also has extensive experience supporting parents. She uses positive parenting interventions to help them understand their child’s behaviours and overcome challenges. Kayla’s focus when working with parents is to help stabilize the family, increase attachment, and build resiliency. She also supports individuals and couples adjusting to the transition to parenthood and those experiencing new parent isolation and loneliness.

Kayla provides ADHD-informed care to her clients. She holds the ADHD - Certified Clinical Service Provider designation, which represents her extensive additional training for and experience in supporting clients with ADHD.

Kayla is a trauma-informed practitioner with a history of providing trauma counselling to clients who have experienced challenging life circumstances and events. She has completed various training courses to support her work with clients. She is skilled in supporting those who have experienced a recent trauma and require support in the immediate days and weeks following the event, as well as clients seeking longer-term therapies.

Kayla works with clients of all ages and stages of life. She is comfortable working with complex issues including abuse, trauma, neglect, family issues, attachment wounds, and grief and loss. She helps clients address difficulties with emotional regulation, anger management, conflict management and addictions/substance use. Kayla offers support to work on self-esteem, boundary setting, stress and burnout, depression and anxiety. She works with clients to explore their identity, sexual orientation, and sense of purpose and meaning. Additionally, she helps clients through life transitions, including separation and divorce.

Kayla draws from a broad collection of therapeutic modalities, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Gottman Method Couples Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy and more, to strategically support each client. Kayla’s focus is on providing sound, safe, non-judgmental sessions to clients.

Kayla has been supporting children, youth, adults, couples and families in a variety of roles since 2010. She is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC). Kayla completed her Master of Counselling program at City University of Seattle.

Specialized Services – Separation/Divorce, Co-Parenting & Blending Families Counselling

As a specialized service, Kayla uses her extensive training in clinical counselling, mediation, and arbitration to support clients through the complexities of family conflict resolution. This specialized service is intended for former partners who have decided to separate/divorce or have already done so, co-parents who are wanting to do so more effectively and with reduced conflict, and families that are struggling with the blending process.

Kayla offers advanced strategies that empower clients to achieve dispute resolution with a focus on supporting customized solutions and obtaining stability on family matters. Her expertise enables her to address culturally and clinically diverse needs, supporting meaningful discussions through the emotional challenges of separation/divorce, co-parenting and family blending.

Kayla’s commitment to continuous professional development is evident in her complete and ongoing training and consultations with legal experts, ensuring she remains at the forefront of industry-leading expertise. With over 200 hours of specialized training and extensive experience supporting couples and families, Kayla is dedicated to fostering healthy family dynamics and empowering clients to navigate their unique circumstances with confidence and compassion.

The specialized services Kayla provides are clinical in nature, and remain within the parameters of her Registered Clinical Counsellor designation. She does not provide mediation or arbitration services through Gravitate. As separation/divorce counselling and support for blending families is a specialized service, Kayla’s rate for these sessions falls in line with the BCACC’s 2024 Fee Guidelines for Specialized Services.

Rate

Individuals
$165+GST per 50 minute session
$240+GST per 80 minute session

Couples/Families
$205+GST per 50 minute session
$305+GST per 80 minute session

Specialized Services
$250+GST per 50 minute session
$395+GST per 80 minute session