Mary Kay Zayani, LCSW

Mary Kay Zayani is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 25 years of experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, relationship problems, grief, or big life changes. She works with clients who are dealing with concerns such as intimacy, addictions, body image, parenting strain, career shifts, and self-esteem struggles.

She uses straightforward tools to help people feel steadier day to day. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is one approach she uses to notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships affect current connections and patterns.

Mary Kay describes her style as warm and nonjudgmental. She listens, validates feelings, and helps clients find practical steps forward. Sessions focus on calming strong emotions, building coping skills, and testing new ways of thinking and acting.

Her training includes a Master of Social Work from Columbia University and clinical licensure as an LCSW in New York and California. That background informs a flexible mix of approaches tailored to each person’s needs.

Sessions can include coaching-style work for career and motivation as well as deeper therapy for grief, attachment wounds, or addiction-related issues. The goal is to help people make clearer choices, reduce distress, and regain a sense of direction.

Mary Kay offers help in English and provides online formats that fit busy schedules. She aims to meet people where they are and work together on realistic, manageable changes.

How Mary Kay’s Approaches Work Online

Mary Kay blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and attachment-based work in online sessions. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, and eating or addiction patterns. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current trust, closeness, and communication problems, which can help with intimacy, abandonment, and family of origin issues.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Mary Kay will listen to your goals and try methods that match your needs, adjusting the plan over time. Together the client and therapist track progress and decide when to shift techniques or focus on skill-building versus deeper exploration.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and reading nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, or managing immediate coping skills between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and maintain continuity over time.