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Serving Davis, Weber, & Salt Lake Counties

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Your Journey to Healing Starts Here

At Salais Counseling, we’re dedicated to helping individuals near Layton find peace and develop the tools to achieve their goals. Our team provides a compassionate, nonjudgmental space where you can safely explore your thoughts and emotions with a trusted counselor.

As a premier provider of therapy in Layton, our team of licensed mental health professionals utilizes evidence-based practices tailored to your unique journey. Whether you’re seeking individual counseling utilizing DBT to manage life transitions or targeted ART treatment for deep-seated trauma, we’re here to help.

Our Layton office specializes in highly effective, proven therapies, including:

  • Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART)

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

  • Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)

Salais Counseling aims to empower you to reconnect with your strengths, manage emotional pain, and build meaningful, fulfilling relationships. Our approach to counseling is holistic, client-centered, and entirely focused on your well-being.

Connect with a Layton therapist today to take the first step forward.


Meet Teresa Salais
Clinical Director/Owner

What We Believe:
Our mission is grounded in the belief that everyone has the capacity for growth, healing, and lasting change.

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Explore Our Counseling Services in Layton

Stop managing the chaos and start building a healthier daily life.

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Couples/Marriage

Family Therapy

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Children/Teen Therapy

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LGBTQ+ Therapy

Trauma Therapy


Explore Our Therapeutic Approaches

Leave the heavy lifting behind and start breathing easier.

Accelerated Resolution Therapy
(ART)

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
(DBT)

Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR)

Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)

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Affordable Therapy Built on Transparency

Salais Counseling provides high-quality, affordable therapy in Layton without sacrificing the level of care you deserve. With transparent pricing and experienced therapists, our mission is to help you find healing and resilience without financial stress.

✔ We Accept Most Insurance
✔ Licensed Layton Therapists
✔ Transparent & Affordable Counseling
✔ Online & In-Person Sessions
✔ Telehealth Appointments
✔ Therapy for All Ages
✔ Safe & Nonjudgmental Space
✔ Compassionate & Personalized Care
✔ Evidence-Based Therapy Methods
✔ Tailored Treatment Plans


Salais Counseling: Your Layton Therapy Team

At Salais Counseling in Layton, Utah, we understand that stress, anxiety, and depression can often lead to deeper emotional and behavioral struggles. Challenges such as bipolar disorder, grief, trauma, PTSD, or ongoing feelings of low self-worth can deeply impact your relationships. It’s completely natural to feel isolated, misunderstood, or afraid to reach out—especially if past efforts to connect have been met with rejection or pain.

If any of this resonates with you, know you are not alone. Whether you’re seeking therapy in Layton for the very first time or returning after a break, our licensed therapists and compassionate counselors walk alongside you. We’re committed to helping you discover support the practical tools and evidence-based counseling that fit your unique journey toward healing. When searching for DBT near me or for psychotherapy, we hope you choose Salais to take the first step.

We are proud to serve populations that are commonly underserved and offer LGBT+ therapy as well as therapy in Spanish and Italian.

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Navigating These Challenges? We Can Help

  • Addictions & Compulsive Behaviors

    • Eating Disorders
    • Gambling Addiction
    • Internet & Social Media Addiction
    • Sexual Addiction & Compulsive Behaviors
    • Substance Abuse & Addiction

  • Emotional & Behavioral Challenges

    • Anger Management Difficulties
    • Grief & Loss
    • Guilt & Shame
    • Low Self-Esteem & Low Self-Worth Issues
    • Stress & Burnout
    • Suicide & Self-Harm
    • Trauma & Abuse Recovery

  • Health-Related Concerns

    • Chronic Illness & Pain Management
    • Disability & Adjustment Issues
    • Postpartum Depression & Perinatal Mental Health
    • Sleep Disorders & Insomnia

  • Life Transitions & Personal Growth

    • Career Stress & Job-Related Issues
    • Existential & Spiritual Concerns
    • Identity & Self-Discovery
    • LGBTQ+ Issues & Gender Identity Exploration
    • Major Life Changes
    • Navigating Cultural & Religious Transitions

  • Mental Health Conditions

    • Anxiety Disorders
    • Bipolar Disorders
    • Depression
    • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
    • Personality Disorder
    • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
    • Schizophrenia & Psychotic Disorders

  • Relationship & Family Issues

    • Attachment Issues
    • Codependency
    • Divorce & Separation
    • Domestic Violence & Abuse
    • Family Conflict & Dysfunction
    • Marital & Couples Conflict
    • Parenting Challenges


Meet Salais Counseling’s Clinical Leadership Team

Teresa Salais

Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Founder

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Jennifer Argyle

Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Clinical Assistant

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Katelyn Nordfelt

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Certified Social Worker
Counselor

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Why Start Counseling With Us?

Move past old habits to build a healthier, more peaceful daily life.


Couples/Marriage Counseling

Between exhausting work weeks, financial stress, or just drifting into an uninspired routine, maintaining a healthy relationship can feel incredibly challenging. Our couples and marriage counseling in Layton provides a private, supportive space to step away from the daily noise, improve communication, and rebuild broken trust.

Using evidence-based therapy methods, an experienced marriage counselor helps you and your partner break out of repetitive arguments to rediscover deeper empathy and intimacy. Our guidance strengthens your bond so you create a lasting connection together.


Children/Teen Counseling

Between the pressure of school, social media anxiety, and behavioral shifts, watching your child or teen struggle can leave you feeling overwhelmed as a parent. Our youth and adolescent counseling in Layton focuses on the real-world challenges of emotional regulation, anxiety, and acting out, while providing support for your household.

Sitting down with an experienced family counselor helps your child learn healthier ways to express frustration and manage big emotions. By blending personal growth with practical parenting strategies, we’ll provide the tools to strengthen boundaries, open up communication, and restore a calm, supportive environment to your home. Using Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), or other modalities, we can facilitate healthier responses.


Family Counseling

When busy schedules, screen-time battles, or life transitions take over, it is easy for a home to feel overwhelmed by constant tension and emotional distance. Our family counseling in Layton focuses on the practical realities of parenting hurdles, blended family adjustments, and deep disconnects.

Sitting down with an family counselor gives your household a neutral space to target specific friction points. By trading reactive habits for proactive communication, a licensed therapist helps everyone reset expectations, ease friction, and bring peace back to your home.


Trauma Counseling

Whether it stems from childhood experiences, a sudden loss, or past abuse, unresolved trauma can sit like an invisible barrier between you and the people you love most. Our trauma-focused CBT in Layton helps you safely address how past pain is actively shaping your current behaviors and emotional triggers. Our accelerated resolution therapy works very quickly (within the first 3 sessions) and can help with grief or loss.

Working with a counselor allows you to process these painful experiences without letting them dictate your future. By helping you unpack complex emotional triggers and break free from old survival habits, a licensed trauma and PTSD therapist gives you the practical tools to regain control of your life, ease chronic anxiety, and move forward.


Counseling Resources:
Tools for Personal Growth & Healing

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Unresolved Trauma: How It Impacts Your Brain, Body, and Health 2560 1440 Teresa Salais

Unresolved Trauma: How It Impacts Your Brain, Body, and Health

Unresolved trauma isn’t always obvious—but it can quietly affect nearly every aspect of your life. From chronic anxiety and physical pain to trouble managing emotions and building relationships, unprocessed trauma can deeply influence your brain, your body, and your overall well-being. If you’re dealing with persistent symptoms and searching for…

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6 Ways Therapy to Set Healthy Boundaries with Family Members 2560 1707 Teresa Salais

6 Ways Therapy to Set Healthy Boundaries with Family Members

Family relationships can be some of our most rewarding yet challenging connections. Although love and support are often at the foundation of these bonds, family dynamics can also involve overstepped boundaries, guilt, trauma, and unresolved conflicts. Thus, healthy boundaries are crucial for maintaining personal well-being and fostering balanced relationships.  Therapy can…

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Embracing the ‘AND’ in Mental Health: Navigating Complexity with Compassion

Embracing the ‘AND’ in Mental Health: Navigating Complexity with Compassion In a world often framed in black and white by the digital realm, it’s essential to remember the power of ‘and.’ The concept of ‘and’ refers to the notion that seemingly opposing elements can coexist harmoniously. This truth is especially…

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Serving Davis, Weber, & Salt Lake Counties

Bountiful
Centerville
Clearfield
Clinton
Farmington
Fruit Heights

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Kaysville
Millcreek
Murray
North Ogden
North Salt Lake

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Plain City
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Roy
Salt Lake City
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