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About Kayla

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST • SOMATIC EXPERIENCING PRACTITIONER • BIOFEEDBACK

I’m Kayla Bryant, an occupational therapist, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, board-certified biofeedback practitioner, and deeply feeling, neurodivergent human.

My work lives at the meeting place of science and intuition, clinical knowledge and lived experience, structure and mystery.

As an occupational therapist, I am interested in the whole person—not only a symptom, diagnosis, or isolated part of the body. I look at how the nervous system, sensory processing, body awareness, environment, identity,

relationships, and lived experiences influence how we care for ourselves, work, rest, connect, create, and participate in everyday life.

My professional background includes occupational therapy, sensory integration, pelvic health, biofeedback, trauma-informed care, Somatic Experiencing, embodiment, and nervous-system regulation. I also have experience supporting neurodivergent individuals and people navigating eating-disorder recovery, sexual trauma, sexuality, chronic symptoms, masking, and burnout.

I believe the body’s responses are meaningful.
I believe sensitivity can carry wisdom.
I believe neurodivergent ways of sensing and processing deserve understanding and
support—not correction.
I believe science and intuition can exist in relationship with one another.
And I believe each person arrives with an inherent wholeness that does not disappear
during periods of overwhelm, disconnection, pain, or uncertainty.

Why The Five Circles

I created the Five Circles as a way of holding the many dimensions of being human without separating them into disconnected parts.

The Body gives us sensation, sensory experience, nervous-system responses, and interoceptive information.
The Heart connects us with emotion, compassion, love, and relationship.
The Mind offers science, education, language, reflection, and practical understanding.
Inner Knowing makes space for intuition, creativity, cellular wisdom, and the authentic self.
Spirit and Consciousness connect us with meaning, purpose, belonging, and something beyond the individual self.

At the center is the spiral—a reminder that growth, integration, and becoming are nonlinear. The Five Circles are not a formula or hierarchy. They are a living map that allows us to remain curious about the whole person and the
relationships among all parts of our lives.

My Approach

My work is collaborative, consent-based, neurodivergent-affirming, and grounded in occupational therapy.

I will not ask you to override your body, perform wellness, or become less sensitive to make others more comfortable. Instead, we become curious about how your system communicates, what supports it, what creates barriers, and what helps you participate in life in ways that feel more accessible, authentic, and sustainable.

Some sessions may be practical and focused on routines, workplace accommodations, sensory needs, executive functioning, or environmental changes. Others may involve slowing down, noticing sensation, exploring movement, developing body awareness, or listening for what has been difficult to access. Often, they include both.

You do not need to choose between practical support and deeper connection with yourself. There is room here for the whole of your experience.

Professional Credentials

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST

SOMATIC EXPERIENCING PRACTITIONER

BOARD CERTIFIED BIOFEEDBACK PRACTITIONER

CERTIFIED FULL EMBODIMENT PRACTITIONER

ADVANCED PROFESSIONAL IN SENSORY PROCESSING CERTIFIED LEVEL 1 STAR INSTITUTE

ADDITIONAL TRAINING IN SENSORY INTEGRATION, PELVIC HEALTH, TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE, NERVOUS-SYSTEM REGULATION, AND EMBODIMENT

A human being, too

My professional training shapes this work, but so does my lived experience as a highly sensitive, neurodivergent
person.

I understand that being deeply perceptive, intuitive, emotional, or sensitive can be both meaningful and
exhausting—especially in environments not designed with your nervous system in mind.

I also understand the complexity of learning to recognize your needs, trust your body, unmask, advocate for
yourself, and make room for the person beneath adaptation and expectation.

I do not stand outside this work with all the answers. I meet you as a trained practitioner and as a human
being—bringing knowledge, curiosity, compassion, and respect for what only you can know about your experience.

You are welcome here

You do not have to become less sensitive, less complex, or more easily understood.
You do not have to arrive with the right language or know exactly what kind of support you need.
We can begin with what you are experiencing, what matters to you, and what you would like to feel more
supported in navigating.

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About Kayla

I created the Five Circles as a way of holding the many dimensions of being human without separating them into disconnected parts.

The Body gives us sensation, sensory experience, nervous-system responses, and interoceptive information.

The Heart connects us with emotion, compassion, love, and relationship.

The Mind offers science, education, language, reflection, and practical understanding.

​Inner Knowing makes space for intuition, creativity, cellular wisdom, and the authentic self.

Spirit and Consciousness connect us with meaning, purpose, belonging, and something beyond the individual self.

At the center is the spiral—a reminder that growth, integration, and becoming are nonlinear. The Five Circles are not a formula or hierarchy. They are a living map that allows us to remain curious about the whole person and the relationships among all parts of our lives.

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST

SOMATIC EXPERIENCING PRACTITIONER

BOARD CERTIFIED BIOFEEDBACK PRACTITIONER

CERTIFIED FULL EMBODIMENT PRACTITIONER

ADVANCED PROFESSIONAL IN SENSORY PROCESSING CERTIFIED LEVEL 1 STAR INSTITUTE

ADDITIONAL TRAINING IN SENSORY INTEGRATION, PELVIC HEALTH, TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE, NERVOUS-SYSTEM REGULATION, AND EMBODIMENT

My professional training shapes this work, but so does my lived experience as a highly sensitive, neurodivergent person.

I understand that being deeply perceptive, intuitive, emotional, or sensitive can be both meaningful and exhausting—especially in environments not designed with your nervous system in mind.

I also understand the complexity of learning to recognize your needs, trust your body, unmask, advocate for yourself, and make room for the person beneath adaptation and expectation.

I do not stand outside this work with all the answers. I meet you as a trained practitioner and as a human being—bringing knowledge, curiosity, compassion, and respect for what only you can know about your experience.

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Inner Knowing makes space for intuition, creativity, cellular wisdom, and the authentic self.

At the center is the spiral—a reminder that growth, integration, and becoming are nonlinear. The Five Circles are not a formula or hierarchy. They are a living map that allows us to remain curious about the whole person and the
relationships among all parts of our lives.

My professional training shapes this work, but so does my lived experience as a highly sensitive, neurodivergent
person.

I understand that being deeply perceptive, intuitive, emotional, or sensitive can be both meaningful and
exhausting—especially in environments not designed with your nervous system in mind.

I also understand the complexity of learning to recognize your needs, trust your body, unmask, advocate for
yourself, and make room for the person beneath adaptation and expectation.

I do not stand outside this work with all the answers. I meet you as a trained practitioner and as a human
being—bringing knowledge, curiosity, compassion, and respect for what only you can know about your experience.