About Layla
Layla Hernandez is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) and licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) practicing in Colorado. She brings ten years of experience supporting people who face stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and trauma. Layla also helps with relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, compassion fatigue, and mood challenges such as bipolar disorder.
She uses practical, down-to-earth methods. Sessions focus on clear goals, coping skills, and small steps that fit daily life.
Background and approach
Layla adapts her style to each person and talks through what will help most right now. Layla trained at Regis University where she earned a master’s degree in mental health counseling. Her background includes work in both military and civilian settings and time as a first responder for mental health crises.
That mix of experiences informs a steady, calm approach when people are overwhelmed. In therapy she draws from approaches such as cognitive behavioral work and mindfulness to help manage anxious thoughts and build helpful routines. She also uses emotion-focused and acceptance-based tools to process painful memories and strengthen values-driven choices.
Layla aims to create a respectful space without stigmatizing labels. She helps people set realistic steps, practice new skills between sessions, and check progress together. Her manner is compassionate and direct, focused on useful changes that fit real life.
Online approaches that fit daily life
Layla often uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help identify unhelpful thought patterns and build practical habits that reduce anxiety and improve mood. CBT focuses on changing thinking and behavior through step-by-step practice and troubleshooting.She also draws on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), which helps people clarify their values and take meaningful action even when difficult emotions are present. ACT can be useful for managing ongoing stress and making choices that align with what matters most.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Layla will talk with each person about goals and preferences and try methods that match those needs. She adjusts tools and pacing so the plan feels achievable and relevant to daily life.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for skill practice and emotional processing. Phone sessions can fit a short break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between meetings or use written reflection when that feels easier. These options aim to make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around busy schedules.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Hoarding
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Colorado, Washington
- Languages
- English
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