Kayleena Dickard — Bridges Counseling of Ohio

Kayleena is a licensed professional counselor who earned her masters in clinical mental

health counseling from the Ohio State University. Kayleena believes that the rewarding

work of counseling can only occur within a therapeutic relationship built on trust, safety,

and respect.

Kayleena works with her clients to create an individualized treatment plan and tailors

her approach and techniques to clients’ unique needs. She uses an integrated

approach, drawing from several modalities including CBT, DBT, EMDR, and motivational

interviewing all from a culturally sensitive and trauma-informed lens.

Kayleena is passionate about providing a safe, welcoming, and supportive space for

those in the LGBTQIA community. She enjoys helping her clients navigate and heal

from trauma and working with teens and their families to safely manage suicidal

thoughts and self-harm.

While these are Kayleena’s areas of expertise, she is experienced in working with a

wide variety of clients and presenting concerns. She has experience counseling

children, teens, and adults from many different backgrounds, values and belief systems,

religious and spiritual identities, and she welcomes all. She has spent time in private

practice, school-based counseling, and outpatient counseling. Kayleena’s experience

extends to community settings including work with the National non-profit Kesem –

supporting kids through and beyond a parents’ cancer, as an educator and trainer for

the Ohio State University Suicide Prevention Program, and as a member and team lead

for county-level trauma response. Much of her experience has involved helping to treat

and manage:

Kayleena is a fully remote counselor and can treat clients anywhere in the state of Ohio.