About Shayla
Shayla Pattillo is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship or family strain. She supports clients working through grief, trauma, addictive behaviors, and questions about self-esteem or life purpose. Shayla listens, asks practical questions, and helps people take manageable steps forward.
Shayla uses straightforward tools from cognitive behavioral approaches and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice unhelpful patterns and make different choices.
Background and approach
She also draws on client-centered and solution-focused methods to tailor conversations to each person’s needs. Sessions aim to be conversational and goal-oriented, with simple exercises to try between meetings. Her background includes several years in counseling and educational roles prior to clinical practice, and she brings three years of LPC experience in Texas.
That mixture of settings shaped how she supports people who are overwhelmed, isolated, or unsure what comes next. She pays attention to practical solutions and emotional healing. Common concerns Shayla addresses include anxiety, coping with life changes, parenting stress, postpartum depression, body image and eating issues, and relationship or family problems.
She also helps with anger, addiction, ADHD-related struggles, and feelings of emptiness or shame. Shayla is comfortable talking about sensitive topics like self-harm and trauma and works to keep discussions direct and compassionate. People who choose her can expect collaborative planning, short-term strategies, and mindfulness exercises when helpful.
She encourages small, repeatable steps so progress feels realistic. Sessions are offered in English for residents of Texas.
How her therapeutic approaches fit online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, then commit to actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like panic or low mood. It offers concrete exercises and experiments to try between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Shayla works together with clients to choose methods that fit their goals and preferences. She adapts tools from ACT, CBT, client-centered work, and solution-focused techniques so sessions feel relevant and manageable for each person.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which let people fit therapy into busy days. Video is useful for a fuller conversation and practicing skills together. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging support brief check-ins, written reflections, or ongoing encouragement between longer sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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