Kayla Price, MS
Now welcoming new clients ✨
For kids, teens, and young adults finding their way through big feelings and growing pains, Kayla brings warmth, play, creativity, and practical tools—with plenty of room to just be yourself.
Hi, I’m Kayla (she/her)! I’m a pre-licensed therapist who brings warmth, curiosity, and genuine care into the therapy space. I primarily work with kids, teens, and young adults, supporting clients through trauma, anxiety, grief, life transitions, school and social stress, emotional regulation, self-esteem, and the many changes that come with growing up. My heart is especially in child and adolescent therapy, and I love creating a space where younger clients can feel safe, understood, and comfortable being themselves.
Outside of therapy, I’m a former competitive dancer, dolphin lover, travel enthusiast, and someone who’s always up for a new adventure. I love movement, creativity, and exploring new places, and I bring that same openness and curiosity into the therapy room.
My therapeutic style is warm, collaborative, playful, and trauma-informed. I primarily use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) alongside play therapy, creative activities, and age-appropriate coping tools to help clients understand the connection between their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Especially with kids and teens, therapy doesn’t always have to mean sitting on a couch and talking. Sometimes we’re playing a game, creating something, practicing a skill, or finding a way to talk about the hard stuff that feels a little less intimidating.
With children and adolescents, I focus on building trust first. We may use play, games, creativity, movement, and conversation to explore emotions, build coping skills, strengthen confidence, and make sense of what they’re experiencing. I also collaborate with caregivers when appropriate so the skills we’re building in therapy can carry into everyday life. With young adults, sessions may feel a little more conversational and structured as we work through anxiety, transitions, relationships, identity, independence, and the wonderfully complicated process of figuring out adulthood.
What makes my approach personal is that I also live with Generalized Anxiety Disorder, allowing me to bring both professional knowledge and lived experience into our work. I understand that knowing what you’re “supposed” to do doesn’t always make anxiety magically cooperate. I strive to normalize the process, offer genuine empathy, and help clients find realistic tools that actually work for them.
In our sessions, you might hear me say, “It makes sense that you feel that way,” “You’re not alone in this,” or “Let’s take a moment to breathe and check in.” I often use the metaphor of “two stars in the dark,” where the stars represent hope, joy, and connection, and the space between them represents fear, grief, or stress. Together, we’ll learn how to move through the hard moments while keeping sight of the light that’s still ahead.
I earned my Master of Science in Clinical and Counseling Psychology from Clayton State University. My work is guided by compassion, presence, empowerment, cultural humility, safety, and authentic collaboration, with the belief that meaningful growth happens when people feel truly seen, supported, and accepted.
Guiding vibe: Two stars in the dark—learning to move through the hard spaces while holding onto hope.
Starting therapy—whether you’re looking for support for your child, your teen, or yourself as a young adult—can feel like a big step. You don’t have to know exactly what to say or have everything figured out before you begin. I’ll meet you where you are, listen without judgment, and help make therapy feel a little less intimidating as we build skills, find hope, and move forward one step at a time.
