Kyana Hall-Toney , LMFT

Kyana Hall-Toney is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who focuses on stress, anxiety, relationships, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. She emphasizes support for women's issues and helps people find clearer purpose and greater self-love. Kyana writes plainly and listens for what matters most to each person. She uses family systems, person-centered, narrative, and solution-focused approaches. That means she looks at how relationships and past stories shape feelings. Sessions often include practical tools for communication and emotion regulation. Kyana trained at Nova Southeastern University where she earned a Doctorate in Marriage and Family Therapy. She also holds a master’s degree in marriage and family therapy and a bachelor’s degree in applied psychology with a minor in women, gender, and sexuality studies. Her clinical work has included helping people affected by domestic violence and those in diversion or homeless services. Her practice includes individual, couples, family, and group work. In session she aims to build emotional insight and strengthen how people relate to others. She also leads psychoeducational groups on parenting and skills like DBT. Her approach is collaborative and goal-minded. Kyana helps people identify small changes they can try between sessions. She encourages experimentation and attention to what works in everyday life.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Dialectical Behavior Therapy style skills focus on teaching concrete tools for handling intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and reducing unhelpful behavior patterns. These skills can be useful for anxiety, stress, and relationship strain.

Solution-focused and narrative approaches emphasize small, practical steps and the stories people tell about themselves. Sessions often identify specific goals and test short experiments to see what changes help in daily life.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to figure out which methods fit their goals, needs, and comfort level. Patients and the therapist adjust plans together based on progress and feedback.

Online therapy lets people use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit care into a busy life. Video works well for deeper conversations, phone calls are helpful when bandwidth is limited, live chat offers quick check-ins, and messaging supports shorter updates or ongoing reflection. These options make it easier to schedule sessions, keep consistent work, and try different ways of connecting with a licensed professional.