Mary Kay Zayani, LCSW

Mary Kay Zayani is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with more than 25 years of experience. She helps people facing anxiety, grief, relationship strain, work stress, addictions, and challenges with intimacy and self-esteem. Her style is warm and direct, and she aims to help people find practical steps they can use between sessions.

She brings a calm, listening presence to the room and treats clients as partners in problem solving. Mary Kay focuses on helping people stabilize strong emotions, soothe themselves, and make clearer choices when life feels overwhelming. She encourages clients to identify personal strengths and to build on them over time.

Her work blends attachment-based ideas with client-centered listening and cognitive behavioral techniques. That means she pays attention to how relationships shape feelings, follows each person's lead, and challenges unhelpful thinking patterns in straightforward ways. She also uses elements of dialectical skills and existential questions when they fit the client's goals.

Mary Kay trained at Columbia University, earning a master’s degree in clinical social work. She holds LCSW credentials in California and New York. Her long experience includes helping people through divorce, loss, career transitions, and parenting stress.

People often come to her for help with abandonment or attachment concerns, communication and commitment issues, body image and eating struggles, or coping after infidelity. She works in English and practices in California. Before booking, readers should confirm current session options and scheduling details.

How Mary Kay blends approaches for online work

Mary Kay uses attachment-based work to look at how early and current relationships shape feelings and behavior; this helps when trust, abandonment, or closeness are central concerns. Client-centered therapy guides sessions with the client's needs and pace, creating space to be heard and to build on strengths. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) targets unhelpful thoughts and patterns with practical exercises and behavioral steps to reduce anxiety and improve mood.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Mary Kay will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. She checks in and adapts methods over time so the work stays relevant and doable for the client's life.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the session options before booking so you know which formats are available. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It can also help people practice new skills between appointments in the settings where they live and work. Licensed professionals guide the process so online sessions focus on clear goals, emotion regulation skills, and improving relationship patterns.