Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
How Kayla works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Florida, Arizona
- Years in practice
- 9
- Languages
- English, Vietnamese
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Kayla
Kayla Luu is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with nine years of experience. She holds a Master of Social Work from Florida State University and practices in Florida. Kayla brings a calm, approachable manner to sessions and focuses on helping people manage stress, anger, anxiety, and parenting challenges.
Her background includes work in community mental health, school settings, and adult services. Before graduate school she worked extensively with children and adolescents in foster-care transition and residential settings, which shaped her practical understanding of family and attachment issues.
Background and approach
Kayla blends several evidence-based methods to match each person’s needs. Sessions tend to be conversational and goal-focused, with attention to skills people can use between meetings. She helps clients with self-esteem, depression, career worries, and life changes in straightforward ways.
She also supports people facing trauma, immigration-related stress, caregiver strain, and isolation or loneliness. Additional focuses include communication problems, blended family challenges, forgiveness work, and fatherhood issues among others. Kayla speaks English and Vietnamese and offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
She works collaboratively to set goals and track progress, and uses an approach that adapts as people move through change and healing.
What Kayla works with
Everything Kayla lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Kayla's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Kayla lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Kayla’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking small, meaningful steps toward them while accepting difficult thoughts and feelings. It can help when anger, life changes, or a sense of emptiness get in the way of daily goals.Client-Centered Therapy centers on listening and reflecting so people feel heard and understood. It supports work on self-esteem, relationship concerns, and discovering what matters most to the individual.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kayla collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and comfort level, and she adjusts techniques as needs change over time. This helps make sessions feel relevant and practical.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video works well for more in-depth conversations and skill practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and messaging let people stay connected between visits or manage quick concerns without scheduling a full call. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy family and work lives.
Questions people ask about Kayla
What concerns does Kayla often help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, parenting challenges, relationship and family problems, career worries, ADHD, and trauma and abuse.
What is her general therapy style?
Sessions are conversational and client-directed. She emphasizes practical skills, clear goals, and tools people can use between meetings.
What kind of experience does she bring?
Kayla has nine years of clinical experience in community mental health, school settings, and adult services, plus earlier work in foster-care transition and residential care.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Florida and Arizona and is based in Florida.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Vietnamese.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted; she provides services to clients located in the U.S.
What formats are available for online sessions?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different preferences and schedules.
How are costs and scheduling handled?
Session cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session.