You've spent a long time surviving.
It's time to start living.
For people who understand themselves well and still feel stuck. Who have done the work, read the books, tried the therapy.
And are ready for something that reaches deeper.
Kayla Imhoff, MS, LMFT, SEP
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist · Somatic Experiencing Practitioner · Los Angeles, California
I came to this work because it changed my life in ways I had stopped believing were possible. I know what it is to have done the reading, the talking, the searching, and still feel like something essential is just out of reach. I know what it feels like when therapy finally works, not as management, not as coping, but as actual change at the root. That experience is what brought me here, and it is what I am here to offer.
This work is different from most therapy, and I say that because my clients tell me so. I work at the intersection of body, psyche, and relationship, drawing on some of the most rigorous and rare training available in trauma treatment. But what people often speak to first is something harder to name. A quality of presence. The experience of being in a room with someone who can feel what you are carrying, help you name it, and actually go there with you.
I believe healing happens in the body, in relationship, and at a pace that honors your nervous system. I'd be honored to walk alongside you in that process.
My approach
My approach is integrative and deeply relational. We follow what is alive in the room rather than a predetermined script. Your history, your relationships, the stories and patterns that have been shaping your life, and how all of it is showing up in the present moment.
This is not talk therapy alone. When the work goes deep, something shifts in the room. I help you access the wisdom and felt sense of your body, the patterns and sensations that have been speaking all along, and guide you through the places you have never been able to get through alone. I believe that real change happens not just through understanding, but through a felt experience of something shifting and healing what once felt frozen and immovable.
I work with people navigating:
How I work with you
Somatic Experiencing (SE™)
Trauma isn't just a memory. It lives in the body as sensation, tension, and survival responses that never fully completed. Somatic Experiencing works directly with what your body is holding, gently helping your nervous system process and release what it has been carrying.
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Post Induction Therapy (PIT)
Many of the patterns that feel most stuck, in relationships, in self-worth, in the way you move through the world, have their roots in early childhood wounds. Post Induction Therapy goes to those roots directly, helping you understand where these patterns came from and reparent the parts of yourself that are still carrying them.
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Relational & Psychodynamic
Much of what shapes us operates below the surface, in early relational patterns, internalized beliefs, and the parts of ourselves we learned to hide. My work is psychodynamically informed and relationally oriented, which means we bring genuine curiosity to what lives underneath your symptoms, not just the symptoms themselves.
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Meaning, depth & soul
Healing from trauma is not just about addressing what happened. It's about reconnecting with what makes you feel alive. For those who are interested, I weave in spirituality, mythology, and a sense of the sacred as doorways into meaning, purpose, and a deeper relationship with yourself.
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Therapy is an investment in yourself and your wellbeing. I aim to be transparent about fees while remaining accessible to those who need support and maintaining the kind of practice that allows me to show up fully for every client I work with.
Common questions
Many of the people I work with have spent years in talk therapy and still feel stuck. That's not a reflection of their effort. Trauma and early relational wounds don't live only in memory and thought. They live in the nervous system and the body, in places that insight alone can't reach. This work goes there.
This work doesn't require any prior therapy experience and you don't need to have exhausted other options before coming here. Many people come having never been in therapy before. Others come after years of therapy that didn't reach far enough. Both are equally welcome starting points.
If you're currently working with another therapist and want to add somatic or depth-oriented work alongside that as adjunctive work, that's also possible. I'm happy to discuss what that might look like during a consultation. What matters most is that the support you have around you is actually serving your healing.
You don't need to be falling apart to begin. Many of the people I work with are high-functioning, holding it together on the outside, while quietly carrying something that never fully quiets. You don't need a diagnosis or a dramatic story. A sense that something could be different is enough.
The first session is a chance to get to know each other. We'll talk about what brings you here, what you've tried before, and what you're hoping for. There's no pressure to go anywhere you're not ready to go. By the end we'll have a sense of whether working together feels like the right fit.
My fee is $250 per 50-minute session. I am an out-of-network provider and can provide a monthly superbill for potential insurance reimbursement. I also hold a limited number of sliding scale spots for clients with financial need. If cost is a barrier, please bring it up when we connect.
I offer telehealth sessions to clients throughout California. I also see clients in person in Pasadena and offer walk and talk sessions in Northeast Los Angeles.
I’m here to meet you, wherever you are.
Let's connect. You can share what's bringing you here and we can see if working together feels like the right fit.
Book a free consultation
Schedule a free 20-minute call directly on my calendar. We'll talk about what's bringing you here, what you're looking for in a therapist, and whether working together might be the right next step. No pressure, just a real conversation.
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“Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.”
— Pema Chödrön