Kayla Ernst

Kayla Ernst, LPC, helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and major life changes. She focuses on relief from intrusive thoughts, overwhelming emotions, and struggles that make daily life feel stuck. Kayla aims to help clients regain a sense of control over their choices and responses.

Her approach is collaborative and straightforward. Sessions center on what matters to the client now and on practical steps they can try between meetings. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and guide action, and uses elements of trauma-focused work and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing when past events keep returning.

Kayla also works with parts-based ideas from Internal Family Systems to help people reconnect with wounded or protective parts of themselves. That work often includes building more compassionate inner dialogue and learning ways to calm intense reactions.

Clients are invited to shape each session to match their needs and goals. Conversations focus on skills, experiments, and short-term strategies that can make daily life easier. Kayla brings four years of clinical experience as a licensed professional counselor in South Carolina.

Sessions are held in English. Before beginning, readers should confirm current session formats and scheduling options through the booking process.

How these approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on identifying what matters to a person and then taking small, steady steps toward those values. It can help with anxiety, depression, and feeling stuck by turning values into concrete actions. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a trauma-focused approach that works on memories that keep causing distress; it aims to reduce the intensity of traumatic reactions and make past events easier to think about. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers practical skills for managing strong emotions, improving tolerance for distress, and sharpening communication skills.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to see which methods feel like the best fit given their goals, history, and current concerns. That planning can change over time as needs shift.

Confirm current session options before booking, since specific formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, such as matching appointments to work breaks, keeping check-ins short when needed, or avoiding travel time. Therapists and licensed professionals can adapt exercises, homework, and grounding techniques to an online setting so progress continues between sessions.