Mary Kay Zayani, LCSW
Therapist in California
Mary Kay Zayani is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 25 years of experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, grief, and life transitions.
- Licensed inCalifornia, New York
- License21199, 075755
- NPI 1407073950
- Experience25+ years
- LanguagesEnglish
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About Mary
Mary Kay Zayani is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 25 years of experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, grief, and life transitions. She offers straightforward support and practical tools for coping, making changes, and rebuilding confidence. Her style is warm and nonjudgmental and she listens first to understand each person’s story.
Her work draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early bonds and current relationships shape feelings and reactions.
Background and approach
She also uses client-centered listening to make room for a person’s own goals and choices. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy methods are mixed in to identify unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. Mary Kay’s sessions are focused on stabilizing strong emotions and developing self-soothing skills.
She helps people spot patterns like codependency, avoidance, or fear of abandonment and then practice different ways of responding. The aim is to build practical tools that can be used between sessions. She brings experience with many concerns including addiction, parenting challenges, body image and eating issues, intimacy and commitment problems, career stress, and coping with loss.
She also works with people dealing with ADHD, shame, guilt, and isolation. Mary Kay holds LCSW credentials in California and New York and has a master’s degree in Clinical Social Work from Columbia University. Sessions are offered in English and delivered online by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
The subscription model can be canceled at any time.
Credentials
- LCSW (California)
- License 21199 · expires August 2026
- LCSW (New York)
- License 075755 · expires July 2027
- NPI
- 1407073950 · national provider identifier
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Mary lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Mary names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How attachment and practical therapy work online
Mary Kay commonly uses Attachment-Based ideas to understand how early relationships shape current emotions and reactions. This approach helps people see patterns like fear of abandonment or difficulty trusting and then try new ways of relating that feel safer and more connected.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. CBT offers clear, step-by-step techniques for managing anxiety, shifting negative beliefs, and changing routines that keep problems going.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals and preferences and recommend a mix of methods that fits your needs. Together you decide what to try, then adjust the plan based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls let you talk face-to-face; phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick check-ins, brief support, or continuing work between meetings. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent with a busy life.
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Frequently asked
What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, career and coaching needs, addictions, parenting and family problems, eating and body image issues, ADHD, and related concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is warm and nonjudgmental with a focus on listening, validating, and helping people find their own answers. She blends attachment-informed perspective with client-centered listening and cognitive-behavioral techniques.
How much experience does she have?
She has 25 years working in counseling and mental health, bringing long-term clinical experience to different life and relationship issues.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW - with licenses in New York and California and is based in California.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Mary Kay offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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