Kayla Kane, LLMSW

Title: Limited Licensed Social Worker

Location: Brighton

Approach to Treatment

Kayla has a passion for working with children, adolescents, and their families. She seeks to provide an empathetic approach to therapy by working together with children and their families throughout the therapeutic process. Kayla recognizes the importance of promoting healthy relationships between parents and children to promote positive outcomes for children. Kayla’s goal is to provide patients and their families with individualized and effective treatment plans by using evidence-based interventions.

Areas of Expertise

• Anxiety

• Depression

• Trauma

• Suicidality and Self-Harm

• Parent Consultation and Family Therapy

Kayla uses evidence-based interventions including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectic Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Attachment-Based Therapy, and various trauma treatment modalities including Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)

Experience and Training

Kayla graduated with a Masters in Social Work (MSW) from the University of Michigan. She has experience working with children and adolescents in an inpatient psychiatry hospital setting. She focuses her clinical work on children and families with complex trauma and challenges, including depression and anxiety.

More about Me

Kayla lives in the Ann Arbor area with her two dogs and long-term partner. She loves taking her dogs for walks and spending time with family. She is passionate about social justice and improving mental health care opportunities and access, especially for youth. She seeks to provide a therapeutic space that is welcoming and inclusive of all identities and backgrounds.

Contact Kayla: kkane@thrivingminds.info