About Kayann
Kayann Foster is a licensed professional counselor who helps people facing addiction, trauma, anxiety, depression, and stress. She also supports those struggling with self-esteem, career questions, grief, parenting challenges, and relationship difficulties. Kayann speaks English and practices in Washington as an LPC and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC.
Her approach is straightforward and respectful. Sessions focus on what matters to the individual client and on practical steps that can be used between meetings.
Background and approach
She draws on client-centered listening to build trust and uses solution-focused and cognitive strategies to identify small, workable changes. Kayann also addresses issues connected to addiction, codependency, and drug or alcohol concerns. Trauma-focused work is offered for those coping with past hurt or post-traumatic stress symptoms.
Motivational interviewing techniques are used to support readiness for change and to strengthen commitment. She aims to tailor discussion and plans to each person’s situation. Conversations are paced to match a client’s comfort level, and goals are set together so progress feels realistic.
Kayann emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion throughout the process. With five years of experience in clinical settings, she brings practical problem solving and steady support to sessions. People who prefer a direct, collaborative style may find her approach helpful when navigating midlife transitions, perinatal challenges, or cultural and immigration-related stressors.
Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care
Kayann draws on client-centered therapy to focus on the person’s experience and build a trusting working relationship. This approach emphasizes listening and reflecting so clients feel heard and understood, which helps when facing shame, grief, or identity concerns.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which helps identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and for breaking patterns tied to substance use. Motivational interviewing is another tool she uses to support people who feel stuck or ambivalent about change by strengthening their own reasons for moving forward.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work together. She will collaborate with each client to try approaches that match their goals, needs, and preferences, and then adjust as progress is made. This is a team effort with clear, practical steps agreed on during sessions.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that is helpful. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit into a busy day. Live chat and text messages are useful for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care and to fit sessions into real life.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Washington, Oregon
- Languages
- English