Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
How Shayla works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Louisiana, South Carolina
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Shayla
Shayla Kaywood is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 15 years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical, down-to-earth support for people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, anger, and self-esteem struggles. Her style is straightforward and compassionate.
She aims to help people find clearer ways to cope and move forward. Shayla works with people who are dealing with life changes and the fallout that can follow. She helps individuals handle communication problems, control issues, and the emotional impact of separation or divorce.
Background and approach
She also supports those managing chronic illness or caregiving stress. Her goal is to help people build tools that make daily life easier. Shayla draws on a trauma-informed perspective when it fits the situation.
She pays attention to how past hurts, attachment patterns, and feelings of abandonment affect current behavior. She guides clients through guilt, shame, and impulsivity so they can make safer choices and repair relationships when needed. Her approach emphasizes small, useful steps.
Sessions often include talking through specific problems, practicing new ways to communicate, and planning responses to triggers like anger. Shayla helps people reframe negative self-talk and strengthen self-worth over time. She is invested in supporting women’s mental health and multicultural concerns.
Based in Louisiana, Shayla offers help in English and brings a calm, steady presence to the work of change and healing.
What Shayla works with
Everything Shayla lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Shayla's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Practical approaches for online emotional work
Shayla uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage strong emotions and navigate life changes. One commonly used approach is skills-based work that breaks down coping strategies into simple steps to manage stress, anger, and impulsive reactions. This helps people practice new responses when they feel triggered. Another approach focuses on attachment and relationship patterns, looking at how early relationship experiences shape current communication and trust. That perspective supports clearer boundaries and safer ways of relating.Choosing the right approach is part of the process and Shayla treats it as a collaboration. She will talk with each person about their goals, past experiences, and what feels helpful. Together they refine techniques and try different exercises until a good fit is found.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let therapists observe tone and facial cues for deeper work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins, shorter coaching-style support, or for people who process better in writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while still getting practical tools and steady support.
Questions people ask about Shayla
What kinds of problems does Shayla help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, anger, and low self-esteem, plus related issues like communication problems and life transitions.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is compassionate and practical, focusing on clear steps, better communication, and skills to manage strong emotions such as anger.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has 15 years of experience working with people through complex life changes, chronic illness concerns, and emotional challenges.
What credentials and location are associated with her practice?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Louisiana and practices from that state.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
Which session formats does she use?
She works via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to begin working with her?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist’s listed availability.