About

Kayla Renaud (she/her or they/them) is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Florida with an office for private practice in the heart of Downtown Lakeland. Kayla is also happy to see clients throughout Florida, via TeleHealth. Her therapeutic specialty is providing gender affirming and supportive care to those who identify as trans or outside of the gender binary. Her practice serves members of the LGBTQIAPK+ community (adolescents and adults), those practicing consensual non-monogamy (18+), and those who practice BDSM/kink (18+). Her primary areas of interest include gender-affirming care, trauma, shame, anxiety, change-of-life issues and additional experience and expertise in perinatal and postnatal parental mental health for all genders. Kayla has a Master's Degree in Mental Health Counseling from the University of South Florida, for which she received an additional certification in Marriage and Family Therapy. Kayla is licensed in Mental Health in the State of Florida and is a member of WPATH (World Professional Association for Transgender Health) and SAIGE (Society for Sexual, Affectional, Intersex, and Gender Expansive Identities). Additionally, Kayla is also an avid board gamer, annual passholder at Walt Disney World, and a certified scuba diver whose life goal is to travel to as many countries as possible sampling all their spiciest vegetarian dishes.