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Mary Riemersma Distinguished Clinical Member –Lyla Tyler, LMFT, RPT-S
Lyla Tyler has served in the mental health field for more than 40 years and been a dedicated member of CAMFT more than 20. As a licensed marriage and family therapist, Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor, and EMDR-certified professional, she has exhibited an incredible commitment to the profession and fostered healing for the children and families who have sought her support. Over the past 20 years, Lyla has made an impression with her heartfelt dedication to service, encouraging personality, and supportive character. She has specialized in working with children whose families have experienced a terminal illness and medical trauma. Additionally, she has supported children experiencing bereavement through her involvement with the Children’s Bereavement Art Group at Sutter Health and children healing from traumas through her varied work experiences. Lyla served as an adjunct professor at California State University, Sacramento and Alliant Professional School of Psychology, and she has provided training and supervision to countless individuals throughout California and the United States and around the world. She has served as a board member for the Sacramento Valley Chapter of CAMFT and as committee member and committee chair, among other roles, at the California Association for Play Therapy (CalAPT); she is a founding member of the Sacramento Valley Chapter of CalAPT. Lyla currently owns a group practice, Kid Counseling Sacramento, that specializes in treatment for children, teens, and families.
Jonathan Flier represents the best attributes of being an LMFT and a CAMFT member. He has been a licensed marriage and family therapist in Beverly Hills since 1991. He’s taught psychology to aspiring clinicians at the master’s and the doctorial level at several universities, and he’s volunteered as a supervisor for associates and trainees for more than 30 years at a low-fee community clinic. He has written articles for The Therapist and LA-CAMFT’s monthly newsletter. Through his efforts as chapter president, Jonathan was largely responsible for resurrecting LA-CAMFT, which has since grown to 400-plus members. He served on the CAMFT Board of Directors for four years and as chair of the CAMFT Chapter Advisory Council, which he remained a member of from 2019-2026. During his LA-CAMFT presidency, California had more LMFTs than all other states combined, and CAMFT and the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) viewed each other as incompatible rivals. Jonathan established joint in-person workshops for LA-CAMFT and the newly formed AAMFT Santa Monica/West L.A. Networking District that led to collaborations between the CEOs of AAMFT and CAMFT.