Supervisored by Evelina Kerimian LMFT # 51972
At A Place to Turn, we are honored to welcome Layla Summers to our clinical team. Layla is a warm, compassionate therapist who creates a safe and supportive space where clients can slow down, feel understood, and reconnect with themselves.
Layla works with children, adolescents, and adults in Beverly Hills and throughout California via telehealth who are navigating anxiety, trauma, relationship challenges, family conflict, and life transitions. She supports clients in developing a deeper awareness of their emotions, nervous system responses, and relational patterns, helping them move toward greater balance, connection, and self-understanding.
With over seventeen years of experience as a family law attorney working closely with children and families, Layla brings a unique depth of insight and compassion to her clinical work. She has extensive experience supporting individuals and families facing complex and emotionally challenging situations, including domestic abuse and family violence.
Layla meets clients where they are, working at their pace with curiosity, empathy, and gentle guidance. She often brings warmth and appropriate humor into the therapeutic space to help clients feel more at ease as they grow and heal.
Layla’s approach is relational, trauma-informed, and grounded in understanding the connection between the body, nervous system, and emotional experience. She helps clients build awareness from the “body up,” supporting regulation, safety, and deeper emotional processing.
Her work integrates:
• Neurodevelopmental Model of Therapeutics (Dr. Bruce Perry)
• Synergetic Play Therapy (in training)
• Psychodynamic Therapy
• Humanistic Therapy
• Somatic Therapy
• Existential Therapy
• Trauma-Informed Care
Layla works collaboratively with clients to increase self-awareness, strengthen emotional regulation, and create meaningful, lasting change.
Layla has extensive experience working with children and adolescents, supporting emotional development, behavioral challenges, and family dynamics. Her work focuses on helping young clients understand their emotions, regulate their nervous systems, and feel safe in their relationships.
She has also spent years working with survivors of domestic abuse and family violence—as an advocate, attorney, and therapist—bringing a trauma-informed and deeply compassionate lens to her work.
Layla’s background allows her to support clients navigating high-conflict family systems, legal stressors, and complex relational dynamics with sensitivity and care.
Layla is committed to creating a space where clients feel accepted, valued, and supported. She partners with clients to help them build insight, reconnect with their strengths, and move toward a more grounded and fulfilling life.
Layla provides in-person therapy in Beverly Hills and virtual therapy throughout California.
Layla is currently accepting new clients.
To schedule an appointment, please contact info@aplace2turn.com.
Layla works with children, adolescents, and adults. She supports clients navigating anxiety, trauma, family conflict, relationship challenges, and major life transitions.
Layla uses a relational, trauma-informed, and body-based approach. She integrates neurodevelopmental therapy, psychodynamic therapy, somatic therapy, humanistic therapy, and existential therapy to support healing and growth.
Yes. Layla has extensive experience working with children and adolescents. She uses developmentally appropriate, body-based, and play-informed approaches to support emotional regulation and growth.
Yes. Layla has significant experience working with survivors of domestic abuse and family violence. She approaches therapy with safety, compassion, and sensitivity to each client’s lived experience.
Layla is currently obtaining certification in Synergetic Play Therapy and incorporates play-based and developmentally appropriate techniques when working with children.
Your first session is a space to share what brings you to therapy, begin building trust, and explore your goals. Layla will work with you at your pace to create a plan that feels supportive and aligned with your needs.
Yes. Layla provides in-person sessions in Beverly Hills and virtual therapy throughout California.
To schedule a session, please contact info@aplace2turn.com.
From anxiety and depression to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), we utilize holistic talk therapies and innovative treatments like eye movement desensitization reprocessing (EMDR).
