About Layla
Layla Hernandez is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Colorado. She brings ten years of experience in mental health work and supports people facing anxiety, depression, grief, and trauma. Layla also helps those coping with compassion fatigue, relationship and intimacy concerns, and challenges tied to identity and mood disorders.
Layla trained at Regis University where she earned a master’s degree in mental health counseling. Her background includes work in both military and civilian settings and roles responding to mental health crises.
Background and approach
She holds credentials as an LPC and as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with ties to Washington and Colorado licensure records. In sessions she uses straightforward, practical methods. Layla draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot and shift unhelpful thoughts.
She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Mindfulness practices to help people notice values and stay present. Dialectical Behavior Therapy tools and Emotionally-Focused Therapy ideas inform her work with strong emotions and relationship patterns. Layla aims to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space.
She avoids stigmatizing labels and focuses on listening first. Together with the person she builds a plan that fits their goals, pace, and daily life. People who choose her can expect calm, direct feedback, clear strategies, and flexible ways to practice new skills between sessions.
Layla supports clients through life transitions, chronic stress, and recovery from hurt so they can move toward more balanced days.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice what matters to them and take small actions that match those values. It can help when stress, worry, or low mood are getting in the way of daily life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical steps to change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors, which often reduces anxiety and depressive symptoms through practice and feedback. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers skills for handling intense emotions and improving distress tolerance and interpersonal effectiveness.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, try out techniques, and adjust methods as needed. Clients and the therapist choose the mix of ACT, CBT, DBT, or other tools based on what fits the situation and what feels most useful.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy schedules. Video works well for in-depth work and reading nonverbal cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during a work break. Live chat and text are useful for brief check-ins, practicing skills, or staying connected between longer sessions.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- 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