Kathleen Zayas, LMFT

Kathleen Zayas is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 25 years of experience in Florida. She focuses on practical support for people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, family conflict, parenting challenges, and ADHD-related difficulties. Kathleen aims to make the first step toward change feel manageable and understandable.

She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk through thoughts and feelings. Sessions emphasize clear goals and simple strategies that clients can try between meetings. Kathleen uses an approachable style rather than clinical jargon so parents and caregivers can follow along easily.

Her background includes long-term clinical work helping people untangle communication problems and control issues. She also addresses the emotional fallout from divorce and separation, and supports those coping with isolation, narcissism, forgiveness, and caregiver stress. Her experience gives her a broad view of how everyday pressures affect relationships and family life.

When appropriate she draws on well-known behavior-focused techniques to help shift unhelpful thinking and actions. She also uses mindfulness and emotion-focused methods to help people notice feelings and respond differently. Clients who want structured tools and real-world homework may find this approach useful.

Kathleen works to tailor sessions to each person’s needs and pace. She encourages small, steady changes and checks in often to see what is working. Her goal is to help people build routines and skills that reduce tension and improve communication at home.

How Kathleen’s Approaches Translate to Online Work

CBT - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. Online sessions can teach straightforward skills to reduce anxiety and change patterns that get in the way of daily life.

ACT - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then commit to actions that match their values. This approach can support people working through parenting stress, relationship choices, or ongoing worry.

DBT - Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving communication. It is useful for people who need tools for regulating stress and handling difficult interactions.

Choosing an approach is part of the work and happens together. The therapist will listen to concerns, review goals, and try methods that seem likely to help. Adjustments are made as progress unfolds so sessions stay relevant to the person’s needs.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people work face-to-face from different locations. Phone sessions can be a shorter check-in or an alternative when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging allow brief, frequent support or written coaching between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and keep continuity over time.