Kayla MulhollandLCSW

Kayla Mulholland is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) who focuses on practical support for people navigating stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, and pregnancy and childbirth concerns. She speaks English and Spanish and aims to help clients build skills they can use every day. Kayla uses straightforward, compassionate conversation to help people take the next step toward feeling better.

She began working in community mental health about a decade ago, supporting Latino migrant day laborers in San Francisco. That early work grew into clinical roles with foster youth and parents in California, and later with women and children in Mexico. Those experiences shaped her interest in immigration, adoption and foster care, and attachment-related struggles.

Kayla uses trauma-informed and mindfulness-based ways of working alongside other approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy. Sessions often focus on practical skills - managing strong emotions, improving communication, and developing clearer priorities during life changes.

She values collaborative work and believes clients already have strengths to build on. Kayla emphasizes reducing stigma around asking for help and supports people as they set realistic goals and try new coping strategies. Her style is direct, gentle, and goal-oriented.

Clients looking for support with mood disorders, compassion fatigue, self-esteem, or relationship patterns will find experience in those areas. Kayla’s background with immigrant and asylum-seeking communities informs her attention to systemic stressors and cultural context.

How Kayla’s approaches translate to online work

Kayla uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take small actions that match those values. ACT can be helpful when life feels overwhelming or when someone wants clearer priorities during pregnancy or parenting transitions.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and test them with practical behavior changes. CBT helps with anxiety, low mood, and managing strong reactions in day-to-day life.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Kayla treats selection of methods as a collaborative process, adjusting techniques based on a client’s goals, cultural context, and what feels useful in early sessions.

If you prefer online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking. The therapist’s approaches adapt well to remote conversations and skill practice, which can make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, schedule shorter check-ins, or practice new strategies between sessions. Licensed professionals can help tailor the pacing and homework to what works best for you.