Kayla Waxman
In the field since 1994, licensed since 2001, I spent the first 10 years working with seniors, even leading a bereavement group where we had a relationship and marriage bloom between two of the participants. Since then, I've worked with adults of all ages, many of whom are at a crossroads in some area of their life. My style is eclectic, primarily using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people learn the skills that can help them function better on a day to day basis as they deal with the impact of life transitions, anxiety, depression, grief and communication issues.
First session
Our first session is a chance for me to start to get to know you and for you to feel comfortable with me. You'll tell me what brings you to therapy, why now and what you hope to accomplish; what changes you want to make. I'll also let you know how I work and the parameters we'll work within. If we feel that working together is a good fit, we'll start to work on a treatment plan and set up some goals you want to achieve.
Strengths
People tend to have patterns in their life, ones that get rooted in childhood and start out as coping skills, but often no longer work when they're adults. Together we'll look at your patterns and see how we can shift things to change your thinking, feeling and/or acting in order for you to have more of the peace and contentment you're searching for.
Ideal clients
People facing transitions (maybe contemplating a job or career change, dealing with the changes of aging, experiencing a loss or potential loss) and having anxiety, fears, depression, self esteem issues which are affecting sleep, appetite or day to day functioning or communication with others and want compassionate support and practical help in improving the ability to deal with any or all of the above.
Treatment methods
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I see thoughts, feelings and behaviors as elements on a mobile, where when you have movement in one element, it naturally shifts the other two. So using CBT to make changes in one can help to make changes in the others as well.
Location
Virtual sessions
Identifies as
Woman
Top specialties
Anxiety
Depression
Older Adults
Other specialties
Coping Skills
Grief
Insomnia/Sleep Issues
Life Transitions
Self Esteem
Women's Issues
Serves
Adults (18 to 64)
Elders (65 and above)
Individual Therapy
Doesn't specialize in
Child or Adolescent
Couples Counseling
Couples Counseling
Crisis Intervention
Dissociative Disorders
Domestic Violence
Eating Disorders
Family Therapy
Family Therapy
Foster Care/Adoption
Gambling Addiction
High Clinical Acuity
Learning Disabilities
Medication Management
Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
Parenting
Personality Disorders
Recent Hospitalization
School Issues
Self-Harming
Serious Mental Illness
Sex Therapy
Substance Misuse
Suicidal Ideation
Licensed in
CaliforniaLicense 37869