Meet our Team

Mikayla is the Program Director and is a licensed marriage and family therapist. She was born in Oceanside to Navy parents and has had the opportunity to move around the United States but spent the majority of her childhood in San Diego. She earned her Bachelor’s degree from SDSU in Criminal Justice due to her strong passion for social justice and rehabilitation. After graduating from SDSU, she decided that she wanted to have a direct positive impact on those suffering and began graduate school to earn her Master’s degree in Counseling and Psychology. While in graduate school, she joined AmeriCorps and volunteered for one service year, mentoring at-risk youth in the San Diego Unified School District. Mikayla is an active member in the local recovery community, helping those who suffer from addiction work through the 12-step program. Mikayla has worked with a diverse client population in the San Diego area. Her background includes individual and family therapy that focuses on healing relationships through relationships, creating purpose and stability through practicing boundaries and consistency, and helping people heal from past trauma and change unhelpful patterns. She uses a family systems approach through an attachment-based lens and has training in personality disorders, mood disorders, thought disorders, identity exploration, trauma, systemic family therapy, & substance related disorders. Mikayla is skilled in DBT (dialectical behavioral therapy), EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing), and CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy). Mikayla is LGBTQIA+ affirming & supports those dealing with gender identity/expression issues; self, family, and community acceptance; & those pre, during & post transition. With strength, resiliency, and compassion, Mikayla empowers herself and others to recover and grow from places that are identified as darkness, so that every individual has the opportunity to live in a society that encourages healing and supports transformation into light. Her passion is walking alongside those suffering to encourage and support healing. She believes that through a therapeutic & safe relationship, the ability to work through past & current struggles are available. To take care of her own mental health and spirituality, Mikayla enjoys traveling, spending time with her daughter, and connecting with others in recovery.