Profile / United States
McKayla Phillips, LCMHC
Utah
LCMHC in Utah - Stress and Anxiety
See online therapy options- CBT and ACT methods
- Relationship and grief
- Addictions support
About McKayla
McKayla Phillips is an LCMHC (Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor) practicing in Utah with three years of clinical experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship difficulties, grief, and depression. McKayla works with individuals to reduce distress and build clearer coping steps.
She uses straightforward, skills-based methods to help people notice patterns that worsen feelings and then try something different. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is part of her approach for identifying thoughts and habits that keep problems going. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, and client-centered work to support different needs.
Sessions typically look at what is happening now, what keeps the issue active, and specific skills to change those patterns. McKayla practices practical techniques such as reality testing unhelpful thoughts, behavioral experiments, and learning distress tolerance and emotion regulation skills.
She pays attention to relationship patterns like attachment and communication problems, and to problems tied to caregiving, abandonment, or life transitions such as divorce and aging. She also addresses concerns that can accompany personality-related difficulties, dissociation, or body image worries.
McKayla asks people to set clear goals and to track what helps between sessions. To begin, she asks for information through a short matching questionnaire and schedules a first session to create a focused plan.
How her approaches translate to online work
McKayla uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and test small behavior changes. CBT sessions often include homework exercises and brief experiments to try between meetings. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice difficult feelings, clarify values, and commit to concrete actions that match what matters to them.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. McKayla will review goals, symptoms, and what has or hasn’t helped before, then suggest methods to try. That plan is adjusted based on what the client reports and how strategies work in daily life, so the client helps decide the fit.
The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current session options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit short skills check-ins into a busy day, join from a quieter location, or avoid travel time. Sessions can focus on practical skill practice, real-time problem solving, and planning experiments that clients try between meetings.
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Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
3+ years
Listed in
Utah
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address most often?
She focuses on stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship problems, grief, and depression. There is additional work around attachment issues, abandonment, caregiver stress, and related topics.
How does she use CBT in sessions?
She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and habits. Sessions include testing thoughts, trying small behavioral changes, and tracking results.
What is her professional background?
She has three years of clinical experience and holds the LCMHC credential. Her practice has focused on trauma, addiction, mood, and attachment concerns.
Where is she located and licensed?
She practices in Utah and is credentialed as an LCMHC in that state.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
The original profile does not list specific session formats. Confirm current session options before booking to know which formats are available.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Choose the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe, use the crisis numbers.