About Mary
Mary Kay Zayani is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 25 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, depression, grief, relationship strain, or life changes. She also supports clients concerned about ADHD, self-esteem, intimacy, and career questions.
Mary Kay works in a calm, listening-first way. She aims to help people name what's happening, feel steadier, and make workable choices. Sessions tend to move at a person’s pace and focus on practical steps that fit daily life.
Background and approach
Her background includes a Master’s degree in Clinical Social Work from Columbia University and licensure as an LCSW in California and New York. Over her career she has guided people through loss, breakup, parenting challenges, addiction concerns, and career transitions. In sessions she blends approaches to match each person.
She uses client-centered listening to learn a person’s priorities. She draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to spot unhelpful thinking and teach new skills. Attachment-focused work helps when past relationship patterns affect current ones.
People who choose Mary Kay can expect a warm, steady presence, practical strategies, and encouragement to find their own answers. She emphasizes self-soothing, strengthening daily routines, and testing small changes that build confidence over time.
How her approaches shape online therapy
Mary Kay often draws on client-centered therapy, which means she listens closely and follows each person’s concerns rather than pushing a preset plan. This approach helps clients feel heard and helps the work focus on what matters most to them.She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help identify unhelpful thoughts and try practical behavior changes. CBT-style strategies are useful for anxiety, mood shifts, and developing clear coping skills to test between sessions.
Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they adjust methods over time so the work matches changing needs and priorities.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility: video calls allow more in-depth conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when a lighter bandwidth option is needed, and live chat or text messaging suit quick check-ins or ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family, and daily life while still using attachment-informed listening and CBT tools in a remote setting.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- California, New York
- Languages
- English
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