Mom guilt therapy in Leduc, Alberta and online across Canada
Online and in-person counselling for
millennial moms navigating guilt,
rage, and burnout across Canada
Feel lighter, calmer, and more like yourself again.
This level of HARD isn’t what you imagined as a mom.
You care deeply about being a good mother - because it's f***ing serious and important work. You stay up replaying the day's moments, choose your words carefully during the hard conversations, and quietly carry the emotional weight of keeping everyone okay. You're smart, sensitive, and emotionally attuned - but that often means you absorb everyone else's stress and bend yourself into impossible shapes to put your kids first. And the guilt is bloody relentless. Even after doing all the things all day, you find yourself thinking it wasn't enough - second-guessing, snapping, and spending the rest of the night drowning in regret. When you finally do put yourself first, you come home to even more work. You're not sure how to be both human and a good mother without losing yourself or becoming a shell of who you once were. And the worst part? You can do everything right - and still feel like you're failing.
I can’t promise to remove all the hard,
but know with support the hard parts get easier.
I help women drowning under the impossible expectations and standards of modern parenting so they can get their shi*t together
→ Mom Guilt, Rage & Burnout
→ Mental Load & Emotional Regulation
→ People Pleasing & Mother-Daughter Dynamics
→ Anxiety & Intrusive Thoughts
→ Sense of Self & Identity Loss
→ Overstimulation, Overwhelm, Overachieving — and being Over It
Here are 3 ways to work with me
Counselling Sessions
Start with a free 20-minute consult. $195 per session. Limited client spots available.
Mom Guilt Resources & Courses
Break cycles of guilt, rage, burnout and more with these courses and tools.
Chill Like A Mother Podcast
My clients have told me more than once - Kayla, can I just carry you around in my back pocket… YES!
Not sure where to start?
Hi, I'm Kayla.
Mom Guilt Therapist. ADHD mom of two. Feminist.
For the past 10+ years, I’ve helped moms move through guilt, rage, and burnout.
Today, I offer in-person counselling in Leduc, Alberta, and online sessions for moms in Canada and worldwide.
This isn’t your aunt’s version of talk therapy.
This is real-time processing of thoughts, experiences, and emotions using creative, body-based tools that actually work.
But more importantly… I get it.
I know what it feels like to love your family and feel like you’re losing yourself at the same time. As a mom who is a solo parent part of the time, I understand just how heavy that load can get.
I’ve been featured in Maclean’s and on CBC’s The Current, and I host the Chill Like a Mother podcast.
My vibe? Warm, gritty, zero f*cking toxic positivity. Show up exactly as you are.
Sessions covered by most insurance providers - and in case they ask, I am a registered social worker in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Ontario.
This isn’t traditional therapy
…and that’s the point.
You want more.
You want to know HOW:
→ How to navigate the guilt spiral without it swallowing your whole evening
→ How to hold your kids' big emotions without losing your own mind in the process
→ How to stop the cycle of snapping, regretting, and white-knuckling your way through the hard moments
You've tried the breathing exercises and the "pause before you react" advice, but in the moment it all goes out the window. You don't want another checklist or a script for how to talk to your kids. You want something deeper — a real understanding of what's happening inside you when the rage flares, why the guilt keeps coming back, and how to respond differently so the same cycles stop repeating.
If you’re looking for something that actually sticks…
Start with a free 20-minute consult.
We talk about what’s feeling hardest and what you actually need.
Get the right support
Counselling sessions, courses, or guided tools based on your life and capacity.
Feel like yourself again (or at least yourself-ish)
Lighter. Calmer. More breathing room.
Less guilt. More regulation.
answering your questions
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Many extended health plans cover Registered Social Worker services. For moms in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Ontario - check your plan for RSW coverage. Kayla direct bills to many major insurers via Telus eClaims, so you may not need to pay upfront at all. RSW services may also be claimable on your health spending account and as a medical expense on your Canadian income tax return - check with your accountant on that one.
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Some people coming to Kayla have never been to therapy. Some have tried talk therapy and it didn't stick, or the tools worked for a while and then stopped. Either way, you're welcome here.
The difference is that instead of sitting across from someone analyzing your thoughts for an hour, you're using creativity, writing, and visualization to process what's happening in your body. You don't need therapy experience. You just need to show up and be willing to feel something, then get it out - onto paper, into a drawing, through words.
If you've done talk therapy before and found yourself understanding everything perfectly but still feeling stuck - that's exactly why this approach exists. Sometimes understanding something intellectually isn't the same as moving through it. Art as therapy gives you a different door in.
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Sitting with your anxious, stressed, and overwhelmed thoughts can be scary. It's going to be okay (but first it's going to get uncomfortable).
With art as therapy, we make colour and shapes. We allow the art to speak words you cannot. We give permission for your body to move in ways that feel healing. Let the paint brush show you the way. Let go of your fears. Show your anxiety who is in charge here.
I'll go there with you, into the dark, so that you can find the light. Because therapy is HARD. It's heavy, it's dark and it's light. And you don't do it alone.
Give yourself a big ol' hug because you're showing up for yourself.
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Kayla specializes in maternal mental health and works with anyone navigating motherhood - in any form and at any stage.
This includes:
• Mothers trying to conceive • Pregnant people • Postpartum mothers • Mothers in the toddler years • Mothers of school-age kids • Mothers of teenagers • Mothers of adult children • Dads and co-parents • Stepmothers and adoptive mothers • Grandmothers raising grandkids • Anyone in a parental role who is drowning in the weight of it
If you're a parent (biological or not, one kid or ten, any age), you belong here.