Kyla Hines

Hi, I'm Kyla. I'm a Licensed Professional Counselor with over a decade of experience working across schools, community mental health, university counseling centers, and private practice. I've worked with everyone from kids as young as five navigating friendship and school challenges, to adults facing major life transitions, to couples and families trying to find their footing together.

I grew up in Colorado and have lived across this state, from the mountains to the city, and I now call Aurora home. Outside of the therapy room I'm a mom, an animal lover sharing my home with two dogs and three cats, and a devoted horror fan who believes that being scared in a safe place is actually one of life's great pleasures. I share this because I think knowing a little about who your therapist is as a person matters. Therapy is a relationship and relationships go both ways.

I have been in therapy myself. I know what it feels like to sit across from someone and wonder if they really get you, and I know what it feels like when they do. That experience shapes everything about how I show up for my clients. I am deeply committed to creating a space that is genuine, warm, and actually useful, not just a place where you go through the motions.

I am proudly and wholeheartedly LGBTQ+ affirming and welcome clients of all backgrounds, identities, and lived experiences.

My approach is humanistic at its core, which means I genuinely believe you are the expert on your own life. My job is not to fix you or tell you what to do. It is to walk alongside you, hold space for what you are carrying, and help you figure out what you actually want and need.

I am deeply relational in my style. The therapeutic relationship itself is one of the most powerful tools we have, and I take it seriously. I check in regularly and do the real work of making sure therapy is actually working for you, not just going through the motions week after week. If something is not landing or does not feel right I want to know, and I will ask.

Clinically I draw on a range of evidence based approaches including CBT, ACT, DBT, EMDR, motivational interviewing, play therapy, and art based interventions, and I adapt based on what each person actually needs. I do not believe in a one size fits all approach. Some sessions are structured and skill focused. Some sessions are about sitting with something hard and not rushing past it. Some sessions involve drawing, playing, or creating something together because sometimes the most important things are easier to express without words. And some sessions are surprisingly funny. I believe humor, play, and creativity are real therapeutic tools and I use them without apology.

Life transitions are where I do some of my best work. Whether you are navigating a marriage, a divorce, a new diagnosis, a career change, college, parenthood, or just the quiet disorientation of feeling like you are between one version of yourself and the next, I am here for all of it.

The first session is yours. I am not going to come in with an agenda or a clipboard full of questions you have to answer in order. I want to give you ample space to show up however you need to, tell your story in your own words, and share whatever feels important right now. There is no right way to do it.

From there we will talk through what brought you to therapy, what you are hoping for, and what support might look like for you. I will share a little about how I work and what our sessions together might look like so you have a real sense of what you are signing up for.

And then, honestly, I will check in. Because my goal is not just to get a new client. My goal is to make sure you find what you actually need, and I care deeply about that even if it turns out I am not the right fit. Not every therapist is right for every person and that is completely okay. I would rather you find someone who is genuinely right for you than stay somewhere that does not feel like a match.

You will leave the first session knowing whether this feels like the right space for you. And I hope it does.