McKayla Phillips, LCMHC

McKayla Phillips is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) based in Utah. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship struggles, grief, and depression. McKayla works in clear, practical ways so people can manage day-to-day challenges.

She blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based approaches. Sessions focus on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and building small, workable skills. Clients learn ways to notice their feelings, try new behaviors, and take steps that match their values.

Her style is warm and direct. McKayla uses client-centered listening so each person’s needs guide the work. She adds skills from dialectical behavior therapy when people need help with intense emotions or better ways to cope.

McKayla draws on three years of clinical experience in Utah. She offers tools for common problems like codependency, communication issues, coping after loss, and managing control or abandonment concerns. People also turn to her for help with body image, caregiver stress, and challenges tied to separation or divorce.

Sessions are practical and goal-focused, yet paced to match each person. McKayla helps people set manageable goals, practice new skills between meetings, and check what’s working. That steady approach aims to create lasting, usable change.

Practical therapy methods you can use online

McKayla commonly integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy into online sessions. CBT focuses on noticing and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression. ACT helps people clarify values, accept difficult feelings, and take committed action toward a meaningful life.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. She will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped before. That discussion shapes a plan that can include skills practice, values work, or attachment-focused conversation as needed.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people practice skills in real time and read body language. Phone sessions can be a good fit when a lower-bandwidth option or a hands-free conversation is needed. Chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework support, or when wording thoughts between sessions helps progress. These options offer flexibility to fit therapy into busy schedules while keeping the focus on practical change and skill building.