- Anger and emotion regulation
- Trauma processing
- Values based work
About Kayla
Kayla Ernst is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in South Carolina with four years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who struggle with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, grief, relationship and family concerns, anger, and bipolar mood challenges. Kayla works directly with the thoughts and patterns that keep people feeling stuck and overwhelmed.
Her sessions are collaborative and straightforward. She listens for the patterns that keep showing up - negative self-talk, intrusive memories, avoidance, or impulses - and then helps people practice alternative ways of responding. Expect concrete skills work alongside time to process painful memories and strong emotions.
Kayla uses methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, EMDR, and trauma-focused approaches. Those tools are used to build emotion regulation, reduce avoidance, and clarify values that guide daily choices. She aims to help people notice old patterns and try different responses.
Over time Kayla helps clients develop habits that reduce reactive behavior and increase a sense of control over responses. She supports people in understanding how attachment, abandonment, control issues, and guilt or shame influence anger and other struggles. Sessions also address compulsions, panic, dissociation, and personality-related concerns when present.
People who choose to work with Kayla should expect practical strategies, guided processing of hard experiences, and regular check-ins on goals and progress. Sessions are conducted in English and follow the LPC scope of practice in South Carolina.
How her approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people identify what matters and take small steps toward those values while learning to notice unhelpful thoughts without acting on them. Dialectical Behavior Therapy focuses on concrete skills - distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness - useful when anger feels overwhelming. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is a trauma-focused method used to reduce the intensity of painful memories and their emotional charge.Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist will work collaboratively to match methods to a person's goals, needs, and preferences rather than assuming one way fits everyone. That may mean using skills practice for a time, then moving to trauma processing when the person feels ready.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week and to try brief check-ins when schedules are tight. It also allows practicing skills in real-life settings and returning to session to talk through how those moments went. Licensed professionals generally adapt exercises and EMDR-style processing for remote sessions when appropriate, and Kayla uses her stated approaches to help people manage anger and related concerns in the context of their everyday lives.
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Experience
4+ years
Listed in
South Carolina
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address related to anger?
She works with anger alongside stress, anxiety, trauma, low self-esteem, relationship and family concerns, grief, bipolar mood issues, and related patterns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Sessions are collaborative and practical. She combines skills practice with trauma processing and reflection on values and behavior.
How much experience does she have?
She has four years of experience as a clinician working with mood, trauma, and emotion regulation concerns.
What credentials and location apply?
She holds the LPC credential and practices in South Carolina.
Which languages are available and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are sessions billed?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.