MaKayla Walker , LCSW, LICSW

MaKayla Walker is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on practical, down-to-earth therapy. She draws on a collaborative style to help people facing anxiety, relationship strain, and life changes. MaKayla uses clear, simple language in sessions and aims to help clients take small steps that add up over time.

MaKayla leans on approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to guide conversations. She helps people notice unhelpful thinking patterns and try different behaviors to feel more in control. Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused Therapy shape shorter-term work when people want concrete goals and quick strategies.

Her background includes three years of clinical practice as an Illinois Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Minnesota Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker. MaKayla combines that experience with a warm, straightforward manner so people feel heard while making tangible changes. She supports clients dealing with depression, stress, low self-esteem, and coping with life transitions.

Additional focus areas include codependency, communication problems, control issues, guilt and shame, isolation and loneliness, self-harm, self-love, and women's issues. Sessions are conducted in English and tailored to each person's priorities and pace.

MaKayla aims to help clients build usable skills and clearer choices. She works with people who want practical tools, reflective conversation, and steady progress toward the life they want.

Using ACT and CBT in online therapy

MaKayla often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people clarify their values and take meaningful actions even when difficult thoughts or feelings arise. ACT can be useful for anxiety, low mood, and life transitions because it focuses on what matters most rather than only reducing symptoms.

She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify and change unhelpful thinking patterns. CBT offers concrete exercises and behavioral experiments that aim to shift feelings by changing thoughts and actions, and it can help with anxiety, depression, and self-esteem work.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. MaKayla will talk through goals, preferences, and how you respond to different techniques. She treats approach selection as a collaborative process and adjusts methods to fit each person's needs.

Online sessions are available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls are good for in-depth conversation and visual connection, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text messaging can be useful for brief check-ins or when someone prefers written reflection. These options offer flexibility to fit therapy into a busy life.