Kayla Sterling, LCSW, CSW - Therapist in Wyoming

Client-centered care
Trauma-informed approach
Sleep and rest focus

About Kayla

Kayla Sterling is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 11 years of experience in community mental health. She is credentialed as LCSW and CSW and practices in Wyoming. Kayla focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, trauma, sleep problems, relationship strain, and other life challenges.

Kayla’s approach is warm and inviting. She uses a client-centered foundation and draws from evidence-based methods like cognitive behavioral ideas, acceptance and commitment strategies, attachment work, and skills from dialectical behavior therapy. Sessions are shaped to fit each person instead of using a one-size-fits-all plan.

She has worked with a wide range of diagnoses and concerns, including mood disorders, ADHD, substance use, trauma-related issues, and grief. That experience informs how she tailors interventions and coping tools for everyday life. Sleep and rest are part of the concerns she addresses when they affect daily functioning.

In session she aims to offer acceptance and steady support while teaching practical skills. People can expect clear explanations, opportunities to practice new strategies, and collaborative goal-setting. Kayla emphasizes small, achievable steps to reduce overwhelm.

Starting therapy with her involves an initial match and planning what will help most. She frames the work as a shared process and invites questions about what to expect. Kayla balances empathy with actionable techniques to help people move forward.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and figure out what matters most. It often includes small behavior changes to move toward chosen values. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships and how early bonds can affect current trust and intimacy. It can help people rewrite relationship patterns and improve emotional connection. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is practical and skills-focused; it helps identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors to change feelings and routines. Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will listen to goals and preferences and then suggest which methods to try. Decisions are made together and can shift as progress is reviewed. Because the original biography doesn’t list specific session formats, confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can still make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example, shorter check-ins can work during a work break, or video sessions allow face-to-face conversation without travel. The main practical benefit is flexibility: sessions can be arranged to better match work, school, or caregiving schedules while staying focused on the same therapeutic steps used in in-person care.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, Anxiety Trauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesSelf esteem Depression

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 shame Isolation / loneliness Life 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

Credentials

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

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she help with?

She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, sleeping problems, addictions, relationship and family issues, grief, and related concerns.

How would you describe her therapy style?

Her style is warm and inviting, based on client-centered care. She blends practical skills and supportive conversation to meet individual needs.

What is her professional background?

She has 11 years of experience working in community mental health and has treated a wide range of diagnoses and presenting problems.

Which credentials and location apply?

She is an LCSW and CSW and is located in Wyoming.

Can sessions be conducted in other languages or internationally?

Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.

What session formats are available?

Confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify which formats are used.

How does billing and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.