Mental Health Practitioner
Meet Layla (she/her) – Eating Disorder, Trauma, Couples, and Integrated Care Specialist
Layla is a second-generation Iranian immigrant whose proud lineage of storytellers shapes her deep respect for each client’s unique voice and story. She takes a holistic approach beyond traditional talk therapy, intentionally supporting your biology, psychology, and social life. Layla works compassionately to destigmatize symptoms, reduce shame, and create meaningful space for deep and lasting healing.
Layla specializes in affirming, inclusive care for individuals ages 16 and up, with expertise in:
Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating
If persistent food noise is occupying your mental real estate, or body image concerns are preventing you from fully joining in—or even staying present when you do—Layla offers compassionate, stigma-free guidance to heal your relationship with food, exercise, and your body. Her approach helps you understand the deeper root causes beneath your struggles, clarifying what these protective parts of you are shielding you from. Together, you’ll navigate conflicting misinformation about nutrition and exercise, discovering what genuinely aligns with your body, lifestyle, and goals. Healing doesn’t mean feeling shameful about wanting to look or feel a certain way—Layla compassionately explores these desires through an empowering, non-judgmental lens. She collaborates closely with functional nutritionists and naturopathic providers, honoring your whole self so you can reclaim health, joy, and presence.
LGBTQIA+ Affirming Care
Layla passionately provides inclusive support for individuals navigating identity, body image, mental health, relationships, and systemic challenges. She creates a therapeutic environment where you feel deeply respected, authentically seen, and empowered in your journey, fully embracing your true self.
Couples Therapy
Layla genuinely enjoys partnering with couples to improve their relationship system, fostering deeper intimacy, trust, and mutual understanding. Whether your relationship involves high-conflict dynamics, addiction and recovery, ethical non-monogamy, attachment wounds, or navigating past trauma, Layla collaboratively helps you identify relational patterns, heal emotional wounds, strengthen communication, and rebuild meaningful connections.
Trauma, Addiction, and Mental Health
Layla offers trauma-informed, compassionate support for those managing substance use, processing childhood trauma, addressing anxiety, mood disorders, perfectionism, and the stresses of everyday life—particularly relevant in today’s post-pandemic world. She de-stigmatizes your symptoms, viewing them as meaningful adaptations rather than flaws, and guides you toward healing through evidence-based modalities such as Internal Family Systems (IFS), Motivational Interviewing, Compassionate Inquiry, and Solution-Focused Therapy.
Layla is also a 1000-hour certified yoga instructor in Bikram and Vinyasa yoga, thoughtfully incorporating mind-body techniques into therapy sessions.
Above all, Layla believes true healing begins by honoring and uplifting your voice and your story. Healing doesn’t have to be just a hopeful wish.
Get in touch: layla@transformationaltherapymn.com or 612-234-2246