About Layla
Layla Hernandez is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) and a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) practicing in Colorado. She has ten years of clinical experience and has worked in both military and civilian settings, including roles supporting first responder mental health. Layla focuses on clear, practical support for people dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, depression, and relationship and parenting concerns.
Clients can expect straightforward conversation and doable steps to feel steadier day to day.
Background and approach
Layla uses a mix of approaches and tailors sessions to each person’s needs. She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion in every conversation. Her background includes a master’s degree in mental health counseling and experience responding to crisis in frontline settings.
That mix of academic training and hands-on work informs a calm, practical style. She draws on multiple therapy methods to match what helps most for a given concern. Sessions typically focus on real-life tools - coping skills, emotion regulation, and improving communication.
Layla also addresses complex issues such as trauma, compassion fatigue, gender dysphoria, and multicultural concerns with attention to each person’s context. She works with mood disorders including bipolar conditions and supports people navigating major life changes. Layla offers services in English and accepts international clients.
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so people can choose what fits their schedule and needs.
How Layla Uses Therapy Methods Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice what matters most to them and take small actions toward those values even when feelings are hard. It’s useful for anxiety, stress, and major life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on changing unhelpful thought patterns and learning practical skills to reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety. It often involves homework and skill practice between sessions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal skills for people who struggle with intense emotions and relationship conflicts.Figuring out which approach fits best is part of the work. The therapist will ask about goals, try methods, and adjust the plan together. Clients help shape the focus so sessions stay relevant and useful.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into life. Video is good for a full conversation and visual connection. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or for a quick check-in. Live chat and text messaging can be helpful for shorter check-ins and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options give flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels while keeping the therapeutic focus consistent.
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does Layla help with?
What is her therapeutic style like?
How much experience does she have?
Where is she licensed and based?
Which languages are supported for sessions?
What session formats are available?
How is cost handled?
How do I begin working with her?
Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Hoarding
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Colorado, Washington
- Languages
- English