Kayla Reeve BSW, RSW
- Registered Social Worker #4473
Special Interests
- Children & adolescents experiencing anxiety, emotional regulation challenges, stress related to life transitions or medical experiences, and neurodiversity (including ADHD, sensory processing differences, and learning differences)
- Women’s health, including prenatal and postpartum mental health, high-risk pregnancies, caregiver burnout, and emotional overwhelm
- Healthcare workers and caregivers experiencing burnout, compassion fatigue, and moral distress
- Parents and caregivers, including foster families, navigating parenting stress and system involvement
- Individuals and families navigating chronic illness, medical complexity, and caregiving stress
- Grief and loss, including life transitions, medical loss, and ambiguous grief
Approaches to Therapeutic Work
- Synergetic Play Therapy–informed practice (in training)
- Trauma informed practice
- Attachment based practice
- Play based and therapeutic play approaches
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Parent coaching/support grounded in attachment and nervous system regulation
- Strengths-based and person-centred care
- Inclusive and affirming practice (a safe space for all)
About me:
In my work as a Registered Social Worker, I support children, teens, adults, and families as they navigate life’s tender, complicated, and often overwhelming seasons. Much of my work has been rooted in Regina’s schools and healthcare settings, where I’ve spent over 10 years walking alongside families dealing with medical complexity, neurodiversity (such as ADHD, sensory processing differences, and learning differences), chronic illness, family transitions, and emotional overwhelm.
I am a mother of two, and this lived experience shapes my practice in meaningful ways. I understand the realities of parenting. The worry, exhaustion, advocacy, and fierce love that come with raising children. I try to bring the same empathy, curiosity, and care into my work that I bring to my own family.
I am currently training in Synergetic Play Therapy (SPT), an approach that focuses on helping people feel safer, calmer, and more connected; both within themselves and in their relationships. While this work is often used with children, I also bring this same perspective into my support of adults, parents, and caregivers, particularly those navigating women’s health concerns, pregnancy and postpartum mental health, chronic illness, work-related stress and burnout, caregiving responsibilities, and family changes.
My work is trauma informed, attachment based, and strengths based, drawing from cognitive behavioral and play based approaches. Together, these support therapy that feels practical, supportive, and useful beyond our time together.
Regardless of where you are in life, my intention is for therapy to feel like a place to pause, make sense of what you’re carrying, and reconnect with your own strengths. Whether you’re seeking support for yourself, your child, or your family, you don’t have to have it all figured out. Just a willingness to start.
Education:
- Bachelor of Social Work