LCSW
Mary Kay Zayani , LCSW
Therapist in California
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Background
Mary Kay Zayani, LCSW, based in California, bringing 25 years of clinical practice.
Mary is a graduate of a Masters degree in Clinical Social Work Clinical Counseling from Columbia University in New York.
Specialties
Mary's practice areas include stress and anxiety, relationship issues, grief, career difficulties, and coaching.
Mary works with grief and loss, depression, anxiety, healthy and positive parenting issues, PTSD, and relational intimacy/couples issues.
Methods
Mary's practice integrates Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Existential Therapy, Jungian Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing.
Mary uses Strength Based, Cognitive-Behavioral, and Psycho-dynamic techniques.
Style and philosophy
Mary describes I am a neutral objective nonjudgmental "witness", of whom motivates, listens, validates, soothes, and encourage you on your life path.
Mary describes a warm, kind and empathic counseling approach focused on getting to know your story, helping you to stabilize emotions, self-soothe, and challenge unhelpful core beliefs and cognitive distortions.
Mary aims to help you to come up with the answers, choices and decisions from within yourself.