Find a Therapist near Yuba City, CA

You're the one everyone leans on. You remember the birthdays, smooth over the tension, and say, "I'm fine," before anyone finishes asking. But inside, it's a different story. You replay conversations, looking for what you said wrong. You stay quiet about what you need because asking feels like too much. Somewhere along the way, being easy to love started to feel safer than being truly known. If that sounds familiar, you're in the right place. I'm Dr. Kayla Sykes, a licensed psychologist, and I work with women who are really good at taking care of everyone else, but terrible at letting anyone take care of them. Maybe it shows up as anxiety in your relationship, dread before a first date, or resentment you can't quite say out loud. Maybe it's burnout from a career, or a season of motherhood, that asks for everything you've got. These patterns made sense once. Often, they were the smartest way to stay connected growing up. They just aren't serving you anymore. In our work together, we'll get curious about where your people-pleasing and relationship anxiety come from. Then we'll practice something new: noticing what you feel, saying what you need, and tolerating the discomfort of being seen. My approach is attachment-based and relational. When you want something practical to take into your week, I draw on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and compassion-focused tools. We can focus on what's happening in your relationship right now, or go deeper into the patterns that keep you from feeling truly seen and loved. I bring warmth, compassion, and a good amount of humor to our sessions. I'll also gently point it out when you start people-pleasing me, because therapy is one place you don't have to perform. I see clients throughout California by telehealth, so you can do this work from wherever you feel most at ease. If something feels off, you don't have to figure it out alone. Reach out for a free 15-minute consultation, and let's talk.

Therapy isn't just skill, or compassion, or strategies. It's the intimate process of thinking, speaking and listening together in ways that are creative and heartfelt, and provide insight and release from the myriad varieties of mental pain. As we sit together, we are finding out how to trust each other. Through conversation, meditative inquiry, imaginative play, and sometimes just being together quietly, we are creating the environment that allows you to work through past sorrows and losses that hold you hostage to hurtful and stagnant beliefs about yourself and the world. As we work together, you will find that you want to, and can, open yourself to what is new and hopeful; that you are curious and excited, rather than confused and resigned. Our work is supported by the depth of the relationship we create between us. It is particular to who you are and what you need. I will help you to develop your trust, your spontaneity, and your creativity in ways that are right for you. Some of our work will be hard, and some will be fun. It will all rest on the bedrock of the relationship we create between us. Another way of thinking about this work is that it is about learning how to create better relationships.

Hello and Welcome to my page! I am a highly trained licensed psychologist, certified in the following: sexology, yoga therapy, psychedelic integration (therapies and research), and executive and holistic coaching. I have a straightforward and friendly approach to working together to assist individuals and couples and groups to live a life and lives that generate satisfaction and manifests authenticity. I aim to help create a space that is high in curiosity and non-judgemental. Psychotherapeutic and coaching work is personal in nature and needs to be treated as such. The intake session (first meeting) includes a full evaluation of course of treatment, plan, program and recommendations.

I believe listening to, and respecting, your experience is where change begins. I’m a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California, and I work with mood challenges, including anxiety and depression, relationship building and maintenance, trauma, attachment needs, and life transitions.

The world is wild, and life doesn't pause while we try to make sense of it. I work with teens, young adults, parents, families, and adults navigating midlife and career transitions. I support people experiencing depression, anxiety, trauma, ADHD, and major life changes, and welcome neurodivergent people with curiosity about how you experience the world. My approach is depth-oriented and includes EMDR to help process distressing experiences. Clinical assessment and diagnosis inform our work, but your story is bigger than a diagnosis. Our nervous systems respond to relationships, stress, trauma, and the environments we live in. My goal is to build a judgement free, safe, grounded space where we can honestly and curiously explore who you are, who you've been, and who you're becoming. I draw from education, clinical training, science, and lived experience. If you're looking for a specific approach you don't see listed, reach out, I'd be happy to talk. A few paragraphs can’t capture a person, and they certainly can’t tell you what it feels like to sit across from one. If you’re looking for someone who helps you feel seen, challenged, and understood, I’d be delighted to hear from you. Let’s see if we’re the right fit.

You want to work on your creativity. You may struggle with feeling like you belong? Or maybe like you don't have permission to do things in your life, and you are stuck? You need a place to start. Currently, people are feeling anxious, overwhelmed, and uncertain about how they are supposed to manage their relationships, careers, and their lives. Pushing away your needs and not taking time for yourself can lead to long-term issues for your mind and body. I believe it shouldn’t be so hard to live a better life. Do you just need someone to hear you fully and strive to understand? Then call me, let's talk for a bit. We might do some education on your nervous system, how trauma affects it, and how to regulate trauma responses, and the choices surrounding them. We could delve into creative work, studying your subconscious through your dreams with dream-tending, birth-chart-informed shadow work to tap into the areas you need to work out, be they past or present. I want to understand you. Let's build some coping and adaptive mental processing.

I had a client say to me, I've been taking meds for years, why am I still struggling? It's because you're treating symptoms. Think about it. If I ask you to define your problem, you will give me a list of symptoms. Treating symptoms is like putting band-aids on something that needs stitches. I am passionate about helping people find satisfaction in their life. It's not true that you have to stay depressed, anxious, addicted for your entire life. The truth is, in life if you want to be healthy you live life based on principles and not based on your feelings. Anxious, addicted, depressed people make decisions based on their feelings, and they cycle in chaos. How many of your decisions in life are you making based on your feelings? Do you feel more stable or less stable because of it? When we are unhealthy, our emotions are a roller coaster and our daily life rides the coaster of our emotions. When you are unhealthy, you won’t feel like stepping out of your emotions. If you're depressed, you feel like isolating, and if you do, you get worse. If you do the opposite of what you feel by hanging out with family and friends and doing something productive, I guarantee you you will not feel like doing it and after you have done it you won't have enjoyed it. But at a minimum, you will not have gotten worse. If you live by the healthy principles of life and address the roots of your mental health condition, you will get better and your emotions will be more positive and stabilize, recalibrating to the way that you are choosing to live. Are you tired of the same old same old? Call me, let’s talk. Whether you are an individual or a couple or a parent wanting to help your child, I work with every issue and I’ve been around the block a while. My goal for you and your family is to get you in and out of treatment as quickly as possible.

We help people struggling in their relationships recover, reconnect and rebuild so they can have exceptional marriages and partnerships filled with love and connection. Couples learn to break through communication blocks, resolve resentments, and get on the same page with parenting, sex or money struggles. At the same time we will work on increasing love, intimacy, and connection for a more loving relationship. You can expect your marriage or partnership to be great! We have completed advanced courses in couples counseling to get you to a solution faster. All of our therapists use the researched based Gottman Method approach. Life doesn't come with a manual. When you are looking for new tools and new ways to stop hurting, we would love to walk along side of you as a support and a guide. You can stop hurting and learn to make life easier. When you are aware of your thinking and have the ability to sort out what is true for you; confidence comes. When you learn to experience your emotions and express them in a way that is respectful to you and others; connection increases. When you have the power to choose your responses and behavior, there is a sense of personal power in your life. You can heal and improve your functioning to a level of true happiness and joy. Whether you are looking for personal help for anxiety, depression, grief, life transitions, or healing from past abuse, you will find a loving, compassionate therapist who is on your side. We can work with you to provide relief from symptoms, emotional support, and coping mechanisms to help in the future. We help children and teens with a variety of issues including, divorce, two homes, sibling conflict, bullying, ADHD and behavior challenges. We help individuals and couples develop healthy relationships with themselves and each other. We love what we do and look forward to helping you. A good fit with your therapist is the start of successful counseling. Give us a call to see if we connect. We can provide a FREE 15 minute consultation so you have the right match.

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) specializing in integrative, trauma-informed therapy, offering online and in-person services. I use a collaborative approach to build a strong alliance with each person. I offer a holding space that supports healing through self-awareness and insight. My style is respectful, compassionate, and direct. I draw on psychoanalytic and attachment theories, and I have extensive experience with goal-oriented work. I remain aware of how social and cultural contexts shape our lives, especially in the face of complex or intergenerational trauma. I identify as a South Asian Indian-American woman, an immigrant, and a person of color. I’m interested in working with adults and couples, offering couples therapy for those confronting their own identities and conflicts. I look forward to connecting with you.

You’re probably here because something inside you is asking for more than survival. Maybe you’re exhausted from holding it together. Maybe your relationships feel inauthentic and unfulfilling. Maybe your mind feels loud, your body feels heavy, or you keep asking yourself why you know what to do, but can’t seem to do it. If you’re here, chances are you’ve already tried on "the tools" or possibly read a dozen self-help books (halfway through, of course), yet change never comes to the surface. I want you to know this first: you’re not broken. What you’re experiencing makes sense. My approach to healing starts with the belief that symptoms are not the problem. They are messengers. Anxiety, depression, overwhelm, disconnection, and relationship struggles are often the nervous system and psyche doing their best to protect you based on what you’ve lived through. Together, we slow down enough to understand those patterns, rather than fighting or shaming them. In our work, I show up as a real person alongside you, ready to meet you right where you are. My role is to help you make sense of your inner world, your relationships, and the ways your past continues to shape your present. We pay attention not just to what you think, but to what you feel in your body, how you relate to others, and the parts of you that step in when things feel unsafe or overwhelming. At times, the therapeutic process looks like gently exploring early experiences and attachment patterns. Other times, it means working with the nervous system, emotions, or protective parts that have been working overtime. We focus on building awareness, compassion, and choice, so you’re no longer stuck reacting on autopilot. Healing here isn’t about fixing yourself or becoming someone new. It’s about reconnecting with who you already are beneath the survival strategies. Over time, clients often notice more clarity, steadiness, and a deeper sense of aliveness, both within themselves and in their relationships. You don’t have to do this alone. If you’re tired of pretending you’re fine, and ready for deeper, more meaningful change, I’m here to help you find your way back to yourself.

Healing from trauma isn't something we're meant to do alone. When we feel safe enough to reconnect with our nervous system, especially with the support of an attuned therapist, therapy can be deeply powerful. I specialize with adults healing from PTSD, C-PTSD, childhood trauma, and attachment wounds. I also support survivors of sexual assault, toxic relationships, and those facing depression, anxiety, panic, or suicidal thoughts. Using trauma-based therapies like EMDR, Brainspotting, and Somatic Experiencing. I help clients gently process painful memories and reconnect with their sense of safety, wholeness, and inner resilience. Therapy with me is relational. My priority is building safety and trust. I take the time to get to know you, bringing presence, compassion, attunement, and authenticity to our work. Together, we can take meaningful steps toward creating the life you envision and deserve. Schedule a free 15-minute consultation - I'd love to connect!

Deciding to find a therapist is a great step in creating the life you want to be living. Painful emotions and life stressors, anxiety and depression, and the daily challenges of living in the modern world can become roadblocks and I am a therapist who is engaged, active and compassionate and want to help you to overcome whatever may be standing in your way. I provide psychotherapy and counseling to people struggling in relationships of all kinds - even the relationship we have with ourselves. I work with couples, families, adults and teens and even business partners. Healthy and flexible relationships are an integral part of our sense of happiness and well-being. Let's work together to figure out how to make the most of the life you are living and to have vibrant and thriving relationships as well!