I’m a Marriage & Family Therapy clinician-in-training at the University of Southern California, developing a relational, systems-oriented approach to therapy. My clinical interests include identity, relationships, attachment, and the transitions that reshape people’s lives.

Before entering clinical training, I spent more than fifteen years in creative production and operations across organizations including Apple, Google, Airbnb, and Sephora/LVMH. That experience informs my interest in how achievement, ambition, and demanding environments shape identity and relationships.

I’m particularly interested in how family, culture, work, and personal history shape how people understand themselves, relate to others, and navigate change.

I also write In Relation, a publication about identity, relationships, psychological life, and the transitions that change us.

Kyra H. Newman, MFT candidate and therapist-in-training, seated indoors in a warm neutral setting.

Approach


I approach therapy as a collaborative process of understanding the patterns, relationships, and contexts that shape a person’s experience. My style is thoughtful, attuned, and reflective, emphasizing how present challenges developed and what they may be asking for now.

I’m especially interested in where individual experience meets larger systems—family, work, culture, identity, and relationships—and in helping clients develop more flexible, intentional ways of relating to themselves and others.


Advisory

Select consulting with creative leaders, teams, and organizations on communication, team dynamics, change, and high-pressure work environments.

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Professional Affiliations

Member, California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT), 2026–Present