Kyla Winner-Connor (she/her)

I believe humans are innately interdependent. Our relationships can often play a big role in how we feel day to day, and how we show up in our relationships can also tell us a lot about ourselves. Many times the therapeutic relationship can also be a healer for relational wounds. Through being curious about this relationship, we get to hold up a mirror to ourselves, whether it's to work on boundaries, assertiveness, healthy communication, or something else.

I approach each therapeutic relationship with warmth, curiosity, and compassion so that you can feel comfortable in showing up as you are. Because every person is different, we tailor treatment to your individual needs. Depending on what you are needing, I pull from many areas including attachment theory, interpersonal and affective neurobiology, mindfulness, self compassion and somatic work.

CBT examines and acts on the relationship between our thoughts, feelings and behaviors. Often, when we begin to make changes to our routines and behaviors or shift faulty or unhelpful thought patterns, we notice that how we feel starts to shift. CBT offers us a variety of tools and can feel really empowering for folks because once gained, these tools are yours to use in working through future challenges. It is often said that the goal of CBT is to "become your own CBT therapist".

Stress and overwhelm can flip our body's internal alarm system onto high alert. Chronic stress, life transitions and more can impact our ability to regulate, cause us to overestimate threats and underestimate our ability to cope with them, resulting in intrusive thoughts, racing heart, and other symptoms. By incorporating CBT, mindfulness and self compassion into our work, we can start to re-appraise any "threats", soothe your internal reactions, and build up our capacity to cope with stressors.