Kayla Wallington
Counselor, LGPC (she, her)
Verified by Psychology Today Verified by Psychology Today
5 Endorsed
Gaithersburg, MD 20878
Let's Connect (240) 222-5326
We'll explore, process and explore how your experiences, symptoms, relationships, behaviors and thoughts that affect your mood and functioning. You'll develop skills to identify feelings; assert needs; manage conflict in relationships; reframe irrational thoughts; regulate emotions; change or leverage behaviors; increase distress tolerance; improve interpersonal skills and more. Teens and young adults work with me to gain insight and learn long term coping strategies to improve anxiety, depression, PTSD, bipolar disorder, OCD tendencies and more. Using a collaborative process, we will build a flexible and dynamic plan for you.
Clients learn mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, self soothing, structure and organization, interpersonal/communication effectiveness and more. I use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, trauma informed care and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help you gain insight and skills.
With calmness, warmth, humor and acceptance, I help individuals find their strengths, understand their challenges with compassion and improve behaviors, mood, cognition, school, career, relationships and daily activities. I am especially mindful of the ways that culture manifests itself in my client's lives through gender/cultural/racial/religious oppression
Call or Email Kayla Wallington now for a free 15 minute consultation - (240) 222-5326
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Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $180
- Couple Sessions $210
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
- Pay by ACH Bank transfer, American Express, Discover, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, Visa
Insurance
- Aetna
- Anthem | Elevance
- Blue Cross
- Blue Shield
- BlueCross and BlueShield
- CareFirst
- Cigna and Evernorth
- Johns Hopkins
- MultiPlan
- Optum
- UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH
- Out of Network
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Kayla Wallington
Counselor, LGPC
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of Maryland / LGP14325 Kayla Wallington
- In Practice for 2 Years
- Membership with American Counseling Association 6614699 / 2022
- Attended The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Forensic Psychology
Feel free to ask about qualifications and training experience. Email or (240) 222-5326
Kayla Wallington
Counselor, LGPC
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Anxiety
- Autism
- Depression
Expertise
- ADHD
- Behavioral Issues
- Child
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Culture - "third culture kids" 1st/2nd gen America
- Divorce
- Education and Learning Disabilities
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Mood Disorders
- Open Relationships Non-Monogamy
- Racial Identity
- Relationship Issues
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self Esteem and career
- Sexual Abuse
- Stress
- Trauma and PTSD
- Women's Issues
Do these issues align with your needs? Email or (240) 222-5326
Kayla Wallington
Counselor, LGPC
5 Endorsements
Client Focus
Age
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults
Participants
Individuals ,
Group
Communities
Body Positivity ,
Gay Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Non-Binary Allied ,
Queer Allied ,
Racial Justice Allied ,
Single Mother ,
Transgender Allied
Ethnicity
Asian ,
Black and African American
Age
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults
Participants
Individuals ,
Group
Communities
Body Positivity ,
Gay Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Non-Binary Allied ,
Queer Allied ,
Racial Justice Allied ,
Single Mother ,
Transgender Allied
Ethnicity
Asian ,
Black and African American
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
- Attachment-based
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Compassion Focused
- Culturally Sensitive
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- Family Systems
- Humanistic
- Interpersonal
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Multicultural
- Positive Psychology
- Psychoanalytic
- Psychodynamic
- Relational
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Strength-Based
- Trauma Focused
Ask about what different forms of therapy will be like. Email or (240) 222-5326
Kayla Wallington
Counselor, LGPC
Groups
Teen Group- Virtual & In-person ($50)
Starts - Sept. 7 - The goal of this group is to provide teens with a greater sense of energy or zest, knowledge of self and other, capacity to act, sense of self-worth, and desire for further connection. Members will learn to express their feelings appropriately and to contain them in healthy ways by using self-soothing techniques; have a safe environment to understand feelings and how to work through emotions; learn critical thinking in which they first consider their thoughts and feelings and then make decisions; and learn autonomy and make changes or positive choices in their behaviors (risk taking and relational).
Expertise
Depression
Peer Relationships
Self Esteem
Types of Therapy
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
Age
Teen
Session Cost
$50
Group Meets
Every Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri 5:15 P.M. - 6:30 P.M.
Location
Adika Counseling
1451 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD 20850
Email Kayla Wallington about this group or call - (240) 222-5326
Location
Additional Location
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(240) 222-5326Nearby Areas
Call for a free consultation now - (240) 222-5326
Kayla Wallington
Counselor, LGPC
Last Modified: 2 May 2024