About McKayla
McKayla Phillips is a licensed clinical mental health counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, depression, and relationship concerns. She speaks plainly and works to make sessions feel straightforward and focused. Many clients come to her when life feels overwhelming or routines have begun to fall apart.
Her approach centers on practical tools and steady listening. She blends cognitive behavioral techniques with acceptance and commitment ideas to help people notice thoughts, try new behaviors, and stay connected to their values.
Background and approach
Attachment-informed work also appears in sessions to address patterns that show up in close relationships. Sessions tend to be collaborative and goal-oriented. McKayla encourages small experiments between meetings, like new ways of communicating or brief coping exercises, so progress can be noticed outside the therapy hour.
She uses simple language and checks in about what is or isn’t working. With three years of professional experience, McKayla draws on multiple methods rather than one fixed plan. She adjusts tools to match each person’s needs and pace.
Her credential is LCMHC - Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor in Utah. People looking for help with abandonment, attachment issues, body image, caregiver stress, or coping after loss will find those areas addressed within her broader specialties. She works with individuals to map concerns, set short-term goals, and build steady routines for better day-to-day functioning.
Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and situations where someone feels stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying thought and behavior patterns and testing small changes to reduce symptoms like worry and low mood. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationship patterns affect feelings and interactions, which can be helpful for relationship difficulties and trust issues.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then try methods that fit those aims. That collaborative process means plans can change over time if something isn’t helping or needs adjustment.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people read facial expressions and use screen tools during sessions. Phone sessions can be lower bandwidth and easier to fit into a break. Live chat or text-based messaging allow quick check-ins, brief coping support, or ongoing notes between meetings. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, family, and other demands.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Utah
- Languages
- English
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